Psalms 119:28 Go deeper
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My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. (KJV)
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דָּלְפָ֣הdal.Fahit weeps
Lemma: דָּלַף (da.laph) · Strong's: H1811
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to drip
Used 3 times. Also: Job 16:20, Ecclesiastes 10:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1811; TAHOT Psalms 119:28 word 1
נַ֭פְשִׁיNaf.shiself 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 119:28 word 2
מִתּוּגָ֑הmi.tu.Gahfrom grief
Lemma: תּוּגָה (tu.gah) · Strong's: H8424
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: grief
Used 4 times. Also: Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 14:13, Proverbs 17:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8424; TAHOT Psalms 119:28 word 3
קַ֝יְּמֵ֗נִיkai.ye.Me.nistrengthen me
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965I
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)
Meaning: to arise: establish
Used 174 times. Also: Genesis 6:18, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965I; TAHOT Psalms 119:28 word 4
כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ\׃kid.va.Re.khaaccording to word your
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: word
Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Psalms 119:28 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My soul | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul |
| melts | → | דָּלַף H1811 to drip |
| with sorrow | → | תּוּגָה H8424 grief |
| strengthen me | → | קוּם H6965I to arise: establish |
| according to Your word | → | דָּבָר H1697G word |
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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