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For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. (KJV)

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כִּ֥יkifor

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 143:3 word 1

רָ֘דַ֤ףra.Dafhe has pursued

Lemma: רָדַף (ra.daph) · Strong's: H7291

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to pursue

Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 31:23, Genesis 35:5, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 14:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7291; TAHOT Psalms 143:3 word 2

אוֹיֵ֨ב\׀'o.Yevan enemy

Lemma: אֹיֵב (o.yev) · Strong's: H0341

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: enemy

Used 280 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 49:8, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 23:4, Exodus 23:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0341; TAHOT Psalms 143:3 word 3

נַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.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 143:3 word 4

דִּכָּ֣אdi.Ka'he has crushed

Lemma: דָּכָא (da.kah) · Strong's: H1792

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)

Meaning: to crush

Used 18 times. Also: Job 4:19, Job 5:4, Job 6:9, Job 19:2, Job 22:9, Job 34:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1792; TAHOT Psalms 143:3 word 5

לָ֭אָרֶץLa.'a.retzto the ground

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: land: soil

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776H; TAHOT Psalms 143:3 word 6

חַיָּתִ֑יchai.ya.Tilife my

Lemma: חַיָּה (chay.yah) · Strong's: H2416C

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: living thing

Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2416C; TAHOT Psalms 143:3 word 7

הוֹשִׁיבַ֥נִיho.shi.Va.nihe has caused to dwell me

Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)

Meaning: to dwell

Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Psalms 143:3 word 8

בְ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗יםve.ma.cha.sha.Kimin dark places

Lemma: מַחְשָׁךְ (mach.shakh) · Strong's: H4285

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: darkness

Used 7 times. Also: Psalms 74:20, Psalms 88:6, Psalms 88:18, Isaiah 29:15, Isaiah 42:16, Lamentations 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4285; TAHOT Psalms 143:3 word 9

כְּמֵתֵ֥יke.me.Teilike dead [people] of

Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to die

Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Psalms 143:3 word 10

עוֹלָֽם\׃o.Lamantiquity

Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769J

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: forever: antiquity

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Deuteronomy 32:7, Joshua 24:2, 1 Samuel 27:8, Job 22:15, Psalms 24:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5769J; TAHOT Psalms 143:3 word 11

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
the enemy	→	אֹיֵב H0341 enemy
has pursued	→	רָדַף H7291 to pursue
my soul	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul
crushing	→	דָּכָא H1792 to crush
my life	→	חַיָּה H2416C living thing
to the ground	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776H land: soil
making me dwell	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell
in darkness	→	מַחְשָׁךְ H4285 darkness
like those long since	→	עוֹלָם H5769J forever: antiquity
dead	→	מוּת H4191 to die

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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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