Psalms 107:39 Go deeper

Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. (KJV)

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וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּvai.yim.'a.Tuand they became few

Lemma: מָעַט (ma.at) · Strong's: H4591

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to diminish

Used 22 times. Also: Exodus 12:4, Exodus 16:17, Exodus 16:18, Exodus 30:15, Leviticus 25:16, Leviticus 26:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4591; TAHOT Psalms 107:39 word 1

וַיָּשֹׁ֑חוּvai.ya.Sho.chuand they were bowed down

Lemma: שָׁחַח (sha.chach) · Strong's: H7817

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to bow

Used 21 times. Also: Job 9:13, Job 38:40, Psalms 10:10, Psalms 35:14, Psalms 38:6, Psalms 42:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7817; TAHOT Psalms 107:39 word 2

מֵעֹ֖צֶרme.'O.tzerfrom [the] pressure of

Lemma: עֹ֫צֶר (o.tser) · Strong's: H6115

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

Meaning: coercion

Used 3 times. Also: Proverbs 30:16, Isaiah 53:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6115; TAHOT Psalms 107:39 word 3

רָעָ֣הra.'Ahcalamity

Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: distress: evil

Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:4, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 50:15, Genesis 50:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451I; TAHOT Psalms 107:39 word 4

וְיָגֽוֹן\׃ve.ya.Gonand sorrow

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 116:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3015; TAHOT Psalms 107:39 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

When they are decreased	→	מָעַט H4591 to diminish
and humbled	→	שָׁחַח H7817 to bow
by oppression	→	עֹ֫צֶר H6115 coercion
evil	→	רָעָה H7451I distress: evil
and sorrow	→	יָגוֹן H3015 sorrow

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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