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For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. (KJV)
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כִּֽי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Psalms 109:22 word 1
עָנִ֣י'a.Ni[am] poor
Lemma: עָנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H6041
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: afflicted
Used 71 times. Also: Exodus 22:25, Leviticus 19:10, Leviticus 23:22, Deuteronomy 15:11, Deuteronomy 24:12, Deuteronomy 24:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6041; TAHOT Psalms 109:22 word 2
וְאֶבְי֣וֹןve.'ev.Yonand needy
Lemma: אֶבְיוֹן (ev.yon) · Strong's: H0034
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: needy
Used 61 times. Also: Exodus 23:6, Exodus 23:11, Deuteronomy 15:4, Deuteronomy 15:7, Deuteronomy 15:9, Deuteronomy 15:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0034; TAHOT Psalms 109:22 word 3
אָנֹ֑כִי'a.No.khiI
Lemma: אָֽנֹכִ֫י (a.no.khi) · Strong's: H0595
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0595; TAHOT Psalms 109:22 word 4
וְ֝לִבִּ֗יve.li.Biand heart 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 Psalms 109:22 word 5
חָלַ֥לcha.Lalsomeone has pierced
Lemma: חָלַל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2490A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to bore
Used 7 times. Also: Job 26:13, Proverbs 26:10, Isaiah 51:9, Isaiah 53:5, Ezekiel 28:9, Ezekiel 32:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2490A; TAHOT Psalms 109:22 word 6
בְּקִרְבִּֽי\׃be.kir.Biin inner being my
Lemma: קֶ֫רֶב (qe.rev) · Strong's: H7130G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: entrails: among
Used 199 times. Also: Genesis 18:12, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 41:21, Genesis 45:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7130G; TAHOT Psalms 109:22 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| I | → | אָֽנֹכִ֫י H0595 I |
| [am] poor | → | עָנִי H6041 afflicted |
| and needy | → | אֶבְיוֹן H0034 needy |
| my heart | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| is wounded | → | חָלַל H2490A to bore |
| within me | → | קֶ֫רֶב H7130G entrails: among |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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