Psalms 38:11 Go deeper
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My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. (KJV)
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אֹֽהֲבַ֨י\׀'o.ha.Vaifriends my
Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to love: friend
Used 13 times. Also: Judges 5:31, 2 Chronicles 20:7, Esther 5:10, Esther 5:14, Esther 6:13, Proverbs 14:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0157H; TAHOT Psalms 38:11 word 1
וְרֵעַ֗יve.re.'Aiand companions my
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
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 38:11 word 2
מִנֶּ֣גֶדmi.Ne.gedfrom before
Lemma: נֶ֫גֶד (ne.ged) · Strong's: H5048
Parsing: Acmsc (Acmsc)
Meaning: before
Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 31:32, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 33:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5048; TAHOT Psalms 38:11 word 3
נִגְעִ֣יnig.'Iplague my
Lemma: נֶ֫גַע (ne.ga) · Strong's: H5061
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: plague
Used 78 times. Also: Genesis 12:17, Exodus 11:1, Leviticus 13:2, Leviticus 13:3, Leviticus 13:4, Leviticus 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5061; TAHOT Psalms 38:11 word 4
יַעֲמֹ֑דוּya.'a.Mo.duthey stand
Lemma: עָמַד (a.mad) · Strong's: H5975G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to stand: stand
Used 450 times. Also: Genesis 18:8, Genesis 18:22, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:27, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5975G; TAHOT Psalms 38:11 word 5
וּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗יuk.ro.Vaiand kinsmen my
Lemma: קָרֹב (qa.rov) · Strong's: H7138
Parsing: Aampc (Aampc)
Meaning: near
Used 77 times. Also: Genesis 19:20, Genesis 45:10, Exodus 12:4, Exodus 13:17, Exodus 32:27, Leviticus 10:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7138; TAHOT Psalms 38:11 word 6
מֵרָחֹ֥קme.ra.Chokfrom a distance
Lemma: רָחֹק (ra.choq) · Strong's: H7350
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
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 38:11 word 7
עָמָֽדוּ\׃'a.Ma.duthey have stood
Lemma: עָמַד (a.mad) · Strong's: H5975G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to stand: stand
Used 450 times. Also: Genesis 18:8, Genesis 18:22, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:27, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5975G; TAHOT Psalms 38:11 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My beloved | → | אָהֵב H0157H to love: friend |
| and friends | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
| shun | → | עָמַד H5975G to stand: stand |
| . . . | → | נֶ֫גֶד H5048 before |
| my disease | → | נֶ֫גַע H5061 plague |
| and my kinsmen | → | קָרֹב H7138 near |
| stand | → | עָמַד H5975G to stand: stand |
| at a distance | → | רָחֹק H7350 distant |
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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