dogs. Figure of speech Hypocatastasis. App-6. "Enemies" being implied (not expressed).
assembly. congregation: in civic aspect.
wicked. breakers up. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44.
They pierced, &c.. "As. lion [they break up] my hands and my feet". The Hebrew text reads ka'ari. as. lion (the "k". as). The Authorized Version and Revised Version, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, take the "k" as part of the verb k'aru, and alter the vowel points, making it read "they pierced". It is better to translate the Hebrew text literally, and supply the Ellipsis of the verb from Isaiah 38:13, "they break up". The meaning is exactly the same, and agrees with John 19:37.