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I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. (KJV)
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כְּרֵֽעַ\־ke.re.a'-like a friend
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: neighbor
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Psalms 35:14 word 1
כְּאָ֣חke.'Achlike a brother
Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: brother: male-sibling
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Psalms 35:14 word 2
הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּיhit.ha.La.khe.tiI went about
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980I
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVtp1cs)
Meaning: to go: walk
Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980I; TAHOT Psalms 35:14 word 3
כַּאֲבֶל\־ka.'a.vel-like a mourner of
Lemma: אָבֵל (a.vel) · Strong's: H0057
Parsing: Aamsc (Aamsc)
Meaning: mourning
Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Esther 6:12, Job 29:25, Isaiah 57:18, Isaiah 61:2, Isaiah 61:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0057; TAHOT Psalms 35:14 word 4
אֵ֝֗ם'Ema mother
Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: mother
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Psalms 35:14 word 5
קֹדֵ֥רko.Dermourning
Lemma: קָדַר (qa.dar) · Strong's: H6937
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: be dark
Used 17 times. Also: 1 Kings 18:45, Job 5:11, Job 6:16, Job 30:28, Psalms 38:6, Psalms 42:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6937; TAHOT Psalms 35:14 word 6
שַׁחֽוֹתִי\׃sha.Cho.tiI bowed
Lemma: שָׁחַח (sha.chach) · Strong's: H7817
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to bow
Used 21 times. Also: Job 9:13, Job 38:40, Psalms 10:10, Psalms 38:6, Psalms 42:5, Psalms 42:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7817; TAHOT Psalms 35:14 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I paced about | → | הָלַךְ H1980I to go: walk |
| as for my friend | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
| or brother | → | אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling |
| I was bowed down | → | שָׁחַח H7817 to bow |
| with grief | → | קָדַר H6937 be dark |
| like one mourning | → | אָבֵל H0057 mourning |
| [for his] mother | → | אֵם H0517 mother |
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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