Psalms 22:1 Go deeper

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

אֵלִ֣י'e.LiO God my

Lemma: אֵל (el) · Strong's: H0410G

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

Meaning: God

Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 21:33, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0410G; TAHOT Psalms 22:1 word 1

אֵ֭לִי'E.liGod my

Lemma: אֵל (el) · Strong's: H0410G

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

Meaning: God

Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 21:33, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0410G; TAHOT Psalms 22:1 word 2

לָמָ֣הla.Mah<to> why?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Psalms 22:1 word 3

עֲזַבְתָּ֑נִי'a.zav.Ta.nihave you forsaken me

Lemma: עָזַב (a.zav) · Strong's: H5800A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)

Meaning: to leave: forsake

Used 195 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5800A; TAHOT Psalms 22:1 word 4

רָח֥וֹקra.Chok[are] far

Lemma: רָחֹק (ra.choq) · Strong's: H7350

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: distant

Used 84 times. Also: Genesis 22:4, Genesis 37:18, Exodus 2:4, Exodus 20:18, Exodus 20:21, Exodus 24:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7350; TAHOT Psalms 22:1 word 5

מִֽ֝ישׁוּעָתִ֗יmi.shu.'a.Tifrom deliverance my

Lemma: יְשׁוּעָה (ye.shu.ah) · Strong's: H3444

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

Meaning: salvation

Used 78 times. Also: Genesis 49:18, Exodus 14:13, Exodus 15:2, Deuteronomy 32:15, 1 Samuel 2:1, 1 Samuel 14:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3444; TAHOT Psalms 22:1 word 6

דִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.Rei[the] words of

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

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 22:1 word 7

שַׁאֲגָתִֽי\׃sha.'a.ga.Ticry of distress my

Lemma: שְׁאָגָה (she.a.gah) · Strong's: H7581

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

Meaning: roaring

Used 7 times. Also: Job 3:24, Job 4:10, Psalms 32:3, Isaiah 5:29, Ezekiel 19:7, Zechariah 11:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7581; TAHOT Psalms 22:1 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

For the choirmaster	→	נָצַח H5329 to conduct
To the tune of	→	H5921
The Doe	→	אַיָּלָה H0355 doe
of the Dawn	→	שַׁ֫חַר H7837 dawn
A Psalm	→	מִזְמוֹר H4210 melody
of David	→	דָּוִד H1732 David
My God	→	אֵל H0410G God
my God	→	אֵל H0410G God
why	→	מָה H4100 what?
have You forsaken me	→	עָזַב H5800A to leave: forsake
Why are You so far	→	רָחֹק H7350 distant
from saving me	→	יְשׁוּעָה H3444 salvation
[so far] from my words	→	דָּבָר H1697G word
of groaning	→	שְׁאָגָה H7581 roaring

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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