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When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. (KJV)

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מַבְלִ֥יגִיתִ֖יmav.Li.gi.Ticheerfulness my

Lemma: מַבְלִיגִית (mav.li.git) · Strong's: H4010

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: cheer

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4010; TAHOT Jeremiah 8:18 word 1

עֲלֵ֣י'a.Leion

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Jeremiah 8:18 word 2

יָג֑וֹןya.Gonsorrow

Lemma: יָגוֹן (ya.gon) · Strong's: H3015

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: sorrow

Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 42:38, Genesis 44:31, Esther 9:22, Psalms 13:2, Psalms 31:10, Psalms 107:39 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3015; TAHOT Jeremiah 8:18 word 3

עָלַ֖י'a.Laion me

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Jeremiah 8:18 word 4

לִבִּ֥יli.Biheart my

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Jeremiah 8:18 word 5

דַוָּֽי\׃da.Vai[is] faint

Lemma: דַּוָּי (dav.va) · Strong's: H1742

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: faint

Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 1:5, Lamentations 1:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1742; TAHOT Jeremiah 8:18 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

My sorrow	→	יָגוֹן H3015 sorrow
is beyond	→	עַל H5921A upon
healing	→	מַבְלִיגִית H4010 cheer
my heart	→	לֵב H3820A heart
[is] faint	→	דַּוָּי H1742 faint
within me	→	עַל H5921A upon

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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