Psalms 143:4 Go deeper

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. (KJV)

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וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ףva.tit.'a.Tefand it has fainted away

Lemma: עָטַף (a.taph) · Strong's: H5848C

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVtw3fs)

Meaning: to enfeeble

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 30:42, Psalms 61:2, Psalms 77:3, Psalms 102:0, Psalms 107:5, Psalms 142:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5848C; TAHOT Psalms 143:4 word 1

עָלַ֣י'a.Laion me

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Psalms 143:4 word 2

רוּחִ֑יru.Chispirit my

Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: spirit

Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 26:35, Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:38, Genesis 45:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7307G; TAHOT Psalms 143:4 word 3

בְּ֝תוֹכִ֗יbe.to.Khiin [the] midst of me

Lemma: תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) · Strong's: H8432

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: midst

Used 416 times. Also: Genesis 1:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 9:21, Genesis 15:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8432; TAHOT Psalms 143:4 word 4

יִשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥םyish.to.Memit is appalled

Lemma: שָׁמֵם (sha.mem) · Strong's: H8074H

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVti3ms)

Meaning: be desolate: appalled

Used 29 times. Also: Leviticus 26:32, 1 Samuel 5:6, 1 Kings 9:8, 2 Chronicles 7:21, Ezra 9:3, Ezra 9:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8074H; TAHOT Psalms 143:4 word 5

לִבִּֽי\׃li.Biheart my

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Psalms 143:4 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

My spirit	→	רוּחַ H7307G spirit
grows faint	→	עָטַף H5848C to enfeeble
within me	→	עַל H5921A upon
my heart	→	לֵב H3820A heart
is dismayed	→	שָׁמֵם H8074H be desolate: appalled
inside me	→	תָּ֫וֶךְ H8432 midst

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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