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But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. (KJV)
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וַאֲנִ֤י\׀va.'a.Niand I
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Psalms 35:13 word 1
בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡םba.cha.lo.Tamwhen were sick they
Lemma: חָלָה (cha.lah) · Strong's: H2470H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: be weak: ill
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 48:1, Deuteronomy 29:22, 1 Samuel 19:14, 1 Samuel 30:13, 2 Samuel 13:2, 2 Samuel 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2470H; TAHOT Psalms 35:13 word 2
לְב֬וּשִׁיle.Vu.shiclothing my
Lemma: לְבוּשׁ (le.vush) · Strong's: H3830
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: clothing
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 49:11, 2 Samuel 1:24, 2 Samuel 20:8, 2 Kings 10:22, Esther 4:2, Esther 6:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3830; TAHOT Psalms 35:13 word 3
שָׂ֗קSak[was] sackcloth
Lemma: שַׂק (saq) · Strong's: H8242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sackcloth
Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 37:34, Genesis 42:25, Genesis 42:27, Genesis 42:35, Leviticus 11:32, Joshua 9:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8242; TAHOT Psalms 35:13 word 4
עִנֵּ֣יתִי'i.Nei.tiI humbled
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6031B
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)
Meaning: to afflict
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 15:13, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 31:50, Genesis 34:2, Exodus 1:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6031B; TAHOT Psalms 35:13 word 5
בַצּ֣וֹםva.Tzomwith <the> fasting
Lemma: צוֹם (tsom) · Strong's: H6685
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: fast
Used 26 times. Also: 2 Samuel 12:16, 1 Kings 21:9, 1 Kings 21:12, 2 Chronicles 20:3, Ezra 8:21, Nehemiah 9:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6685; TAHOT Psalms 35:13 word 6
נַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.Shiself my
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul: myself
Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:31, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 7:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315I; TAHOT Psalms 35:13 word 7
וּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗יu.te.fi.la.Tiand prayer my
Lemma: תְּפִלָּה (te.phil.lah) · Strong's: H8605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: prayer
Used 77 times. Also: 2 Samuel 7:27, 1 Kings 8:28, 1 Kings 8:29, 1 Kings 8:38, 1 Kings 8:45, 1 Kings 8:49 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8605; TAHOT Psalms 35:13 word 8
עַל\־'al-to
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 35:13 word 9
חֵיקִ֥יchei.Kibosom my
Lemma: חֵיק (cheq) · Strong's: H2436G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: bosom: embrace
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 16:5, Numbers 11:12, Deuteronomy 13:6, Deuteronomy 28:54, Deuteronomy 28:56, Ruth 4:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2436G; TAHOT Psalms 35:13 word 10
תָשֽׁוּב\׃ta.Shuvit returned
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Psalms 35:13 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Yet | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| when they were ill | → | חָלָה H2470H be weak: ill |
| I put on | → | לְבוּשׁ H3830 clothing |
| sackcloth | → | שַׂק H8242 sackcloth |
| I humbled | → | עָנָה H6031B to afflict |
| myself | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315I soul: myself |
| with fasting | → | צוֹם H6685 fast |
| but my prayers | → | תְּפִלָּה H8605 prayer |
| returned | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| unanswered | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| . . . | → | חֵיק H2436G bosom: embrace |
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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