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Then called I upon the name of the LORD ; O LORD , I beseech thee, deliver my soul. (KJV)
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וּבְשֵֽׁם\־u.ve.shem-and on [the] name of
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Psalms 116:4 word 1
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Psalms 116:4 word 2
אֶקְרָ֑א'ek.Ra'I called
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to call: call to
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Psalms 116:4 word 3
אָנָּ֥ה'a.NahI beg you
Lemma: אָֽנָּ֫א (an.na) · Strong's: H0577
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: Please!
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 50:17, Exodus 32:31, 2 Kings 20:3, Nehemiah 1:5, Nehemiah 1:11, Psalms 116:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0577; TAHOT Psalms 116:4 word 4
יְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehO Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Psalms 116:4 word 5
מַלְּטָ֥הma.le.Tahdeliver !
Lemma: מָלַט (ma.lat) · Strong's: H4422
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)
Meaning: to escape
Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:20, Genesis 19:22, Judges 3:26, Judges 3:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4422; TAHOT Psalms 116:4 word 6
נַפְשִֽׁי\׃naf.Shilife my
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul
Used 245 times. Also: Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 35:18, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 23:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315G; TAHOT Psalms 116:4 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then I called | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| . . . | → | אָֽנָּ֫א H0577 Please! |
| on the name | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| O LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| deliver | → | מָלַט H4422 to escape |
| my soul | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul |
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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