Psalms 118:13 Go deeper
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Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. (KJV)
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דַּחֹ֣הda.Chohcertainly <to push>
Lemma: דָּחָה (da.chah) · Strong's: H1760A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: to thrust
Used 7 times. Also: Psalms 35:5, Psalms 36:12, Psalms 62:3, Psalms 140:4, Proverbs 14:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1760A; TAHOT Psalms 118:13 word 1
דְחִיתַ֣נִיde.chi.Ta.niyou pushed me
Lemma: דָּחָה (da.chah) · Strong's: H1760A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to thrust
Used 7 times. Also: Psalms 35:5, Psalms 36:12, Psalms 62:3, Psalms 140:4, Proverbs 14:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1760A; TAHOT Psalms 118:13 word 2
לִנְפֹּ֑לlin.Polto fall
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to fall: fall
Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Psalms 118:13 word 3
וַ֖יהוָ֣הva.Yah.wehand 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 118:13 word 4
עֲזָרָֽנִי\׃'a.za.Ra.nihe helped me
Lemma: עָזַר (a.zar) · Strong's: H5826
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to help
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 49:25, Deuteronomy 32:38, Joshua 1:14, Joshua 10:4, Joshua 10:6, Joshua 10:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5826; TAHOT Psalms 118:13 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I was pushed so hard | → | דָּחָה H1760A to thrust |
| . . . | → | דָּחָה H1760A to thrust |
| I was falling | → | נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall |
| but the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| helped me | → | עָזַר H5826 to help |
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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