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Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! (KJV)
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אֽוֹיָה\־'o.yah-woe!
Lemma: אוֹיָה (o.yah) · Strong's: H0190
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: woe!
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0190; TAHOT Psalms 120:5 word 1
כִּי\־ki-that
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Psalms 120:5 word 2
גַ֣רְתִּיGar.tiI have sojourned
Lemma: גּוּר (gur) · Strong's: H1481A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to sojourn
Used 81 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 21:23, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1481A; TAHOT Psalms 120:5 word 3
מֶ֑שֶׁךְMe.shekhMeshech
Lemma: מֶ֫שֶׁךְ (me.shekh) · Strong's: H4902H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Meshech
Used 5 times. Also: Ezekiel 27:13, Ezekiel 38:2, Ezekiel 38:3, Ezekiel 39:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4902H; TAHOT Psalms 120:5 word 4
שָׁ֝כַ֗נְתִּיSha.Khan.tiI have dwelt
Lemma: שָׁכַן (sha.khan) · Strong's: H7931
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 128 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 26:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7931; TAHOT Psalms 120:5 word 5
עִֽם\־'im-with
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Psalms 120:5 word 6
אָהֳלֵ֥י'o.ho.Lei[the] tents of
Lemma: אֹ֫הֶל (o.hel) · Strong's: H0168G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: tent
Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 4:20, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0168G; TAHOT Psalms 120:5 word 7
קֵדָֽר\׃ke.DarKedar
Lemma: קֵדָר (qe.dar) · Strong's: H6938
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Kedar
Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 25:13, 1 Chronicles 1:29, Song of Solomon 1:5, Isaiah 21:16, Isaiah 21:17, Isaiah 42:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6938; TAHOT Psalms 120:5 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Woe | → | אוֹיָה H0190 woe! |
| to me | → | |
| that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| I dwell | → | גּוּר H1481A to sojourn |
| in Meshech | → | מֶ֫שֶׁךְ H4902H Meshech |
| that I live | → | שָׁכַן H7931 to dwell |
| among | → | עִם H5973A with |
| the tents | → | אֹ֫הֶל H0168G tent |
| of Kedar | → | קֵדָר H6938 Kedar |
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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