Psalm 64:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Young's Literal Translation
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow—a bitter word.

King James Bible
Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:

Hebrew
who
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

sharpen
שָׁנְנ֣וּ (šā·nə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8150: To point, to pierce, to inculcate

their tongues
לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם (lə·šō·w·nām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3956: The tongue

like swords
כַחֶ֣רֶב (ḵa·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

and aim
דָּרְכ֥וּ (dā·rə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1869: To tread, to walk, to string a, bow

their bitter
מָֽר׃ (mār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly

words
דָּבָ֥ר (dā·ḇār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

like arrows,
חִ֝צָּ֗ם (ḥiṣ·ṣām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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