Psalms 39:7 Go deeper

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

וְעַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand now

Lemma: עַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H6258

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: now

Used 431 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6258; TAHOT Psalms 39:7 word 1

מַה\־mah-what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Psalms 39:7 word 2

קִּוִּ֣יתִיki.Vi.tido I wait for

Lemma: קָוָה (qa.vah) · Strong's: H6960A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)

Meaning: to await

Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 49:18, Job 3:9, Job 6:19, Job 7:2, Job 17:13, Job 30:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6960A; TAHOT Psalms 39:7 word 3

אֲדֹנָ֑י'a.do.NaiO Lord

Lemma: אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) · Strong's: H0136

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: Lord

Used 440 times. Also: Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 18:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0136; TAHOT Psalms 39:7 word 4

תּ֝וֹחַלְתִּ֗יto.chal.Tihope my

Lemma: תּוֹחֶ֫לֶת (to.che.let) · Strong's: H8431

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

Meaning: hope

Used 6 times. Also: Job 41:9, Proverbs 10:28, Proverbs 11:7, Proverbs 13:12, Lamentations 3:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8431; TAHOT Psalms 39:7 word 5

הִֽיא\׃Hi'it

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Psalms 39:7 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

And now	→	עַתָּ֫ה H6258 now
O Lord	→	אֲדֹנָי H0136 Lord
for what	→	מָה H4100 what?
do I wait	→	קָוָה H6960A to await
My hope is	→	תּוֹחֶ֫לֶת H8431 hope
in	→
You	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it

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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