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For I said, Hear me , lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. (KJV)

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כִּֽי\־ki-for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Psalms 38:16 word 1

אָ֭מַרְתִּי'A.mar.tiI said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Psalms 38:16 word 2

פֶּן\־pen-lest

Lemma: פֶּן־ (pen) · Strong's: H6435

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: lest

Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6435; TAHOT Psalms 38:16 word 3

יִשְׂמְחוּ\־yis.me.chu-they should rejoice

Lemma: שָׂמַח (sa.mach) · Strong's: H8055

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to rejoice

Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 4:14, Leviticus 23:40, Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 14:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8055; TAHOT Psalms 38:16 word 4

בְּמ֥וֹטbe.Motwhen slips

Lemma: מוֹט (mot) · Strong's: H4131

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

Meaning: to shake

Used 37 times. Also: Leviticus 25:35, Deuteronomy 32:35, 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 13:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4131; TAHOT Psalms 38:16 word 5

רַ֝גְלִ֗יrag.Lifoot my

Lemma: רֶ֫גֶל (re.gel) · Strong's: H7272

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

Meaning: foot

Used 240 times. Also: Genesis 8:9, Genesis 18:4, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7272; TAHOT Psalms 38:16 word 6

עָלַ֥י'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 38:16 word 7

הִגְדִּֽילוּ\׃hig.Di.luthey magnified themselves

Lemma: גָּדַל (ga.dal) · Strong's: H1431

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)

Meaning: to magnify

Used 116 times. Also: Genesis 12:2, Genesis 19:13, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 21:8, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 24:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1431; TAHOT Psalms 38:16 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
I said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
Let them not	→	פֶּן־ H6435 lest
gloat	→	שָׂמַח H8055 to rejoice
over me	→
those who taunt	→	גָּדַל H1431 to magnify
me	→	עַל H5921A upon
when my foot	→	רֶ֫גֶל H7272 foot
slips	→	מוֹט H4131 to shake

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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