Psalms 55:13 Go deeper
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But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. (KJV)
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וְאַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand you
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 55:13 word 1
אֱנ֣וֹשׁ'e.No.osha man
Lemma: אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) · Strong's: H0582
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: human
Used 564 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 12:20, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0582; TAHOT Psalms 55:13 word 2
כְּעֶרְכִּ֑יke.'er.Kiaccording to value my
Lemma: עֵ֫רֶךְ (e.rekh) · Strong's: H6187
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: valuation
Used 33 times. Also: Exodus 40:4, Exodus 40:23, Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 5:18, Leviticus 6:6, Leviticus 27:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6187; TAHOT Psalms 55:13 word 3
אַ֝לּוּפִ֗י'a.lu.Ficlose friend my
Lemma: אַלּוּף (al.luph) · Strong's: H0441A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAamsc)
Meaning: tame
Used 9 times. Also: Psalms 144:14, Proverbs 2:17, Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 17:9, Jeremiah 3:4, Jeremiah 11:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0441A; TAHOT Psalms 55:13 word 4
וּמְיֻדָּֽעִי\׃u.me.yu.Da.'iand acquaintance my
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVPsmsc)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Psalms 55:13 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But it is you | → | אַתָּ֫ה H0859A you(m.s.) |
| a man | → | אֱנוֹשׁ H0582 human |
| like myself | → | עֵ֫רֶךְ H6187 valuation |
| my companion | → | אַלּוּף H0441A tame |
| and close friend | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
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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