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O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. (KJV)

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רַ֧בְתָּRav.tayou have conducted

Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7378

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)

Meaning: to contend

Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 26:20, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22, Genesis 31:36, Exodus 17:2, Exodus 21:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7378; TAHOT Lamentations 3:58 word 1

אֲדֹנָ֛י'a.do.NaiO Lord

Lemma: אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) · Strong's: H0136

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: Lord

Used 440 times. Also: Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 18:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0136; TAHOT Lamentations 3:58 word 2

רִיבֵ֥יri.Vei[the] cases of

Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7379

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: strife

Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 13:7, Exodus 17:7, Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:3, Exodus 23:6, Deuteronomy 1:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7379; TAHOT Lamentations 3:58 word 3

נַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.Shiself my

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315I

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

Meaning: soul: myself

Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:31, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 7:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315I; TAHOT Lamentations 3:58 word 4

גָּאַ֥לְתָּga.'Al.tayou have redeemed

Lemma: גָּאַל (ga.al) · Strong's: H1350A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)

Meaning: to redeem: redeem

Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 48:16, Exodus 6:6, Exodus 15:13, Leviticus 25:25, Leviticus 25:26, Leviticus 25:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1350A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:58 word 5

חַיָּֽי\׃chai.Yailife my

Lemma: חַיִּים (chay.yim) · Strong's: H2416E

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: life

Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 3:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2416E; TAHOT Lamentations 3:58 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

You defend	→	רִיב H7378 to contend
my	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315I soul: myself
cause	→	רִיב H7379 strife
O Lord	→	אֲדֹנָי H0136 Lord
You redeem	→	גָּאַל H1350A to redeem: redeem
my life	→	חַיִּים H2416E life

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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