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But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. (KJV)
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אַךְ\־'akh-surely
Lemma: אַךְ (akh) · Strong's: H0389
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: surely
Used 161 times. Also: Genesis 7:23, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 23:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0389; TAHOT Psalms 49:15 word 1
אֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimGod
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
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 49:15 word 2
יִפְדֶּ֣הyif.Dehhe will redeem
Lemma: פָּדָה (pa.dah) · Strong's: H6299
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to ransom
Used 59 times. Also: Exodus 13:13, Exodus 13:15, Exodus 21:8, Exodus 34:20, Leviticus 19:20, Leviticus 27:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6299; TAHOT Psalms 49:15 word 3
נַ֭פְשִׁיNaf.shilife my
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul
Used 245 times. Also: Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 35:18, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 23:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315G; TAHOT Psalms 49:15 word 4
מִֽיַּד\־mi.yad-from [the] hand of
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand: power
Used 578 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 32:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027H; TAHOT Psalms 49:15 word 5
שְׁא֑וֹלshe.'olSheol
Lemma: שְׁאוֹל (she.ol) · Strong's: H7585
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: hell: Sheol
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 44:31, Numbers 16:30, Numbers 16:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7585; TAHOT Psalms 49:15 word 6
כִּ֖יkifor
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 49:15 word 7
יִקָּחֵ֣נִיyi.ka.Che.nihe will take me
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to take: recieve
Used 77 times. Also: Genesis 4:11, Genesis 23:13, Genesis 33:10, Genesis 33:11, Exodus 22:11, Exodus 25:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947H; TAHOT Psalms 49:15 word 8
סֶֽלָה\׃Se.lahSelah
Lemma: סֶ֫לָה (se.lah) · Strong's: H5542
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: Selah
Used 74 times. Also: Psalms 3:2, Psalms 3:4, Psalms 3:8, Psalms 4:2, Psalms 4:4, Psalms 7:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5542; TAHOT Psalms 49:15 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But | → | אַךְ H0389 surely |
| God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| will redeem | → | פָּדָה H6299 to ransom |
| my life | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul |
| from | → | יָד H3027H hand: power |
| Sheol | → | שְׁאוֹל H7585 hell: Sheol |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| He will surely take me to Himself | → | לָקַח H3947H to take: recieve |
| Selah | → | סֶ֫לָה H5542 Selah |
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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