Psalms 109:24 Go deeper
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My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. (KJV)
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בִּ֭רְכַּיBir.kaiknees my
Lemma: בֶּ֫רֶךְ (be.rekh) · Strong's: H1290
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: knee
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 30:3, Genesis 48:12, Genesis 50:23, Deuteronomy 28:35, Judges 7:5, Judges 7:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1290; TAHOT Psalms 109:24 word 1
כָּשְׁל֣וּka.she.Luthey have staggered
Lemma: כָּשַׁל (ka.shal) · Strong's: H3782
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to stumble
Used 60 times. Also: Leviticus 26:37, 1 Samuel 2:4, 2 Chronicles 25:8, 2 Chronicles 28:15, 2 Chronicles 28:23, Nehemiah 4:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3782; TAHOT Psalms 109:24 word 2
מִצּ֑וֹםmi.Tzomfrom fasting
Lemma: צוֹם (tsom) · Strong's: H6685
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: fast
Used 26 times. Also: 2 Samuel 12:16, 1 Kings 21:9, 1 Kings 21:12, 2 Chronicles 20:3, Ezra 8:21, Nehemiah 9:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6685; TAHOT Psalms 109:24 word 3
וּ֝בְשָׂרִ֗יu.ve.sa.Riand flesh my
Lemma: בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) · Strong's: H1320
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: flesh
Used 270 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1320; TAHOT Psalms 109:24 word 4
כָּחַ֥שׁka.Chashit has become lean
Lemma: כָּחַשׁ (ka.chash) · Strong's: H3584
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to deceive
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 18:15, Leviticus 6:2, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 19:11, Deuteronomy 33:29, Joshua 7:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3584; TAHOT Psalms 109:24 word 5
מִשָּֽׁמֶן\׃mi.Sha.menfrom fatness
Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶן (she.men) · Strong's: H8081
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: oil
Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 28:18, Genesis 35:14, Exodus 25:6, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 29:2, Exodus 29:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8081; TAHOT Psalms 109:24 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My knees | → | בֶּ֫רֶךְ H1290 knee |
| are weak | → | כָּשַׁל H3782 to stumble |
| from fasting | → | צוֹם H6685 fast |
| and my body | → | בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh |
| grows lean | → | כָּחַשׁ H3584 to deceive |
| and gaunt | → | שֶׁ֫מֶן H8081 oil |
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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