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For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before 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 38:17 word 1
אֲ֭נִי'A.niI
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 38:17 word 2
לְצֶ֣לַעle.Tze.la'for stumbling
Lemma: צֶ֫לַע (tse.la) · Strong's: H6761
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: stumbling
Used 4 times. Also: Job 18:12, Psalms 35:15, Jeremiah 20:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6761; TAHOT Psalms 38:17 word 3
נָכ֑וֹןna.Khon[am] prepared
Lemma: כּוּן (kun) · Strong's: H3559A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)
Meaning: to establish: prepare
Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 43:16, Genesis 43:25, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 19:11, Exodus 19:15, Exodus 23:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3559A; TAHOT Psalms 38:17 word 4
וּמַכְאוֹבִ֖יu.makh.'o.Viand pain my
Lemma: מַכְאוֹב (makh.ov) · Strong's: H4341
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: pain
Used 16 times. Also: Exodus 3:7, 2 Chronicles 6:29, Job 33:19, Psalms 32:10, Psalms 69:26, Ecclesiastes 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4341; TAHOT Psalms 38:17 word 5
נֶגְדִּ֣יneg.Di[is] before me
Lemma: נֶ֫גֶד (ne.ged) · Strong's: H5048
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAcmsc)
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 38:17 word 6
תָמִֽיד\׃ta.Midcontinually
Lemma: תָּמִיד (ta.mid) · Strong's: H8548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: continually
Used 104 times. Also: Exodus 25:30, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 28:29, Exodus 28:30, Exodus 28:38, Exodus 29:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8548; TAHOT Psalms 38:17 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| I | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| am ready | → | כּוּן H3559A to establish: prepare |
| to fall | → | צֶ֫לַע H6761 stumbling |
| and my pain | → | מַכְאוֹב H4341 pain |
| is ever | → | תָּמִיד H8548 continually |
| with me | → | נֶ֫גֶד H5048 before |
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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