Commentary for Psalms 31:14
כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי ׀ דִּבַּ֥ת רַבִּים֮ מָג֪וֹר מִסָּ֫בִ֥יב בְּהִוָּסְדָ֣ם יַ֣חַד עָלַ֑י לָקַ֖חַת נַפְשִׁ֣י זָמָֽמוּ׃
For I have heard the whispering of many, Terror on every side; While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.
Rashi on Psalms
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).
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terror from all sides that they scare and frighten me.
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when they take counsel Heb. בהוסדם, when they take counsel.
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they plotted Heb. זממו, an expression of thought.
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