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For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? (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 43:2 word 1

אַתָּ֤ה\׀'a.Tahyou

Lemma: אַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H0859A

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Singular (HPp2ms)

Meaning: you(m.s.)

Used 739 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 4:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0859A; TAHOT Psalms 43:2 word 2

אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[are] [the] God of

Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: God

Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Psalms 43:2 word 3

מָֽעוּזִּי֮ma.'u.Zirefuge my

Lemma: מָעוֹז (ma.oz) · Strong's: H4581

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: security

Used 35 times. Also: Judges 6:26, 2 Samuel 22:33, Nehemiah 8:10, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 28:8, Psalms 31:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4581; TAHOT Psalms 43:2 word 4

לָמָ֪הla.Mah<to> why?

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 43:2 word 5

זְנַ֫חְתָּ֥נִיze.Nach.Ta.nihave you rejected me

Lemma: זָנַח (za.nach) · Strong's: H2186A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)

Meaning: to reject

Used 19 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 11:14, 2 Chronicles 29:19, Psalms 44:9, Psalms 44:23, Psalms 60:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2186A; TAHOT Psalms 43:2 word 6

לָֽמָּה\־la.mah-<to> why?

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 43:2 word 7

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 35:14, Psalms 38:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6937; TAHOT Psalms 43:2 word 8

אֶתְהַלֵּ֗ךְ'et.ha.Lekhdo I go about

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVti1cs)

Meaning: to go: went

Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Psalms 43:2 word 9

בְּלַ֣חַץbe.La.chatzin [the] oppression of

Lemma: לַ֫חַץ (la.chats) · Strong's: H3906

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: oppression

Used 12 times. Also: Exodus 3:9, Deuteronomy 26:7, 1 Kings 22:27, 2 Kings 13:4, 2 Chronicles 18:26, Job 36:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3906; TAHOT Psalms 43:2 word 10

אוֹיֵֽב\׃'o.Yevan enemy

Lemma: אֹיֵב (o.yev) · Strong's: H0341

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: enemy

Used 280 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 49:8, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 23:4, Exodus 23:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0341; TAHOT Psalms 43:2 word 11

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
You	→	אַתָּ֫ה H0859A you(m.s.)
are the God	→	אֱלֹהִים H0430G God
of my refuge	→	מָעוֹז H4581 security
Why	→	מָה H4100 what?
have You rejected me	→	זָנַח H2186A to reject
Why	→	מָה H4100 what?
must I walk	→	הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went
in sorrow	→	קָדַר H6937 be dark
because of the enemy’s	→	אֹיֵב H0341 enemy
oppression	→	לַ֫חַץ H3906 oppression

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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