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Have mercy upon us, O LORD , have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. (KJV)
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חָנֵּ֣נוּcha.Ne.nushow favor to us
Lemma: חָנַן (cha.nan) · Strong's: H2603A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: be gracious
Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 33:5, Genesis 33:11, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 43:29, Exodus 33:19, Numbers 6:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2603A; TAHOT Psalms 123:3 word 1
יְהוָ֣הYah.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 123:3 word 2
חָנֵּ֑נוּcha.Ne.nushow favor to us
Lemma: חָנַן (cha.nan) · Strong's: H2603A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: be gracious
Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 33:5, Genesis 33:11, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 43:29, Exodus 33:19, Numbers 6:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2603A; TAHOT Psalms 123:3 word 3
כִּֽי\־ki-for
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 123:3 word 4
רַ֝֗בRavmuch
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: many
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227A; TAHOT Psalms 123:3 word 5
שָׂבַ֥עְנוּsa.Va'.nuwe have been surfeited
Lemma: שָׂבֵעַ (sa.va) · Strong's: H7646
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqp1cp)
Meaning: to satisfy
Used 97 times. Also: Exodus 16:8, Exodus 16:12, Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 6:11, Deuteronomy 8:10, Deuteronomy 8:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7646; TAHOT Psalms 123:3 word 6
בֽוּז\׃Vuzcontempt
Lemma: בּוּז (buz) · Strong's: H0937
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: contempt
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 38:23, Job 12:5, Job 12:21, Job 31:34, Psalms 31:18, Psalms 107:40 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0937; TAHOT Psalms 123:3 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Have mercy on us | → | חָנַן H2603A be gracious |
| O LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| have mercy | → | חָנַן H2603A be gracious |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| we have endured | → | שָׂבֵעַ H7646 to satisfy |
| much | → | רַב H7227A many |
| contempt | → | בּוּז H0937 contempt |
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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