Psalms 116:3 Go deeper

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. (KJV)

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אֲפָפ֤וּנִי\׀'a.fa.Fu.nithey surrounded me

Lemma: אָפַף (a.phaph) · Strong's: H0661

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to surround

Used 5 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:5, Psalms 18:4, Psalms 40:12, Jonah 2:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0661; TAHOT Psalms 116:3 word 1

חֶבְלֵי\־chev.lei-[the] cords of

Lemma: חֶ֫בֶל (che.vel) · Strong's: H2256M

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Plural · Construct (HNcbpc)

Meaning: cord

Used 49 times. Also: Deuteronomy 3:4, Deuteronomy 3:13, Deuteronomy 3:14, Deuteronomy 32:9, Joshua 2:15, Joshua 17:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2256M; TAHOT Psalms 116:3 word 2

מָ֗וֶתMa.vetdeath

Lemma: מָ֫וֶת (ma.vet) · Strong's: H4194

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

Meaning: death

Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 25:11, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 27:2, Genesis 27:7, Genesis 27:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4194; TAHOT Psalms 116:3 word 3

וּמְצָרֵ֣יu.me.tza.Reiand [the] distresses of

Lemma: מֵצַר (me.tsar) · Strong's: H4712

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

Meaning: terror

Used 3 times. Also: Psalms 118:5, Lamentations 1:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4712; TAHOT Psalms 116:3 word 4

שְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olSheol

Lemma: שְׁאוֹל (she.ol) · Strong's: H7585

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: hell: Sheol

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 44:31, Numbers 16:30, Numbers 16:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7585; TAHOT Psalms 116:3 word 5

מְצָא֑וּנִיme.tza.'U.nithey found me

Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to find

Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Psalms 116:3 word 6

צָרָ֖הtza.Rahtrouble

Lemma: צָרָה (tsa.rah) · Strong's: H6869B

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

Meaning: distress

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 35:3, Genesis 42:21, Deuteronomy 31:17, Deuteronomy 31:21, Judges 10:14, 1 Samuel 10:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6869B; TAHOT Psalms 116:3 word 7

וְיָג֣וֹןve.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 107:39 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3015; TAHOT Psalms 116:3 word 8

אֶמְצָֽא\׃'em.Tza'I found

Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to find

Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Psalms 116:3 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

The ropes	→	חֶ֫בֶל H2256M cord
of death	→	מָ֫וֶת H4194 death
entangled me	→	אָפַף H0661 to surround
the anguish	→	מֵצַר H4712 terror
of Sheol	→	שְׁאוֹל H7585 hell: Sheol
overcame me	→	מָצָא H4672 to find
I was confronted	→	מָצָא H4672 to find
by trouble	→	צָרָה H6869B distress
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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