For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life.
Rashi
the gossip of many Heb. דבת, the counsel of many. דבת is an expression of (Song 7:10): “making the lips of the sleeping speak (דבב).” Likewise, every דבת in Scripture, parledic in Old French, gossip (so Gen. 37:2, Num. 14:36, Ezek. 36:3). terror from all sides that they scare and frighten me. when they take counsel Heb. בהוסדם, when they take counsel. they plotted Heb. זממו, an expression of thought.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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