Psalms 73:16 Go deeper
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When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; (KJV)
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וָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָהVa.'a.cha.she.vahand I thought !
Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803J
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpw1cs)
Meaning: to devise: think
Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 38:15, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:20, 1 Samuel 1:13, Job 6:26, Job 13:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2803J; TAHOT Psalms 73:16 word 1
לָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atto know
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
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 73:16 word 2
זֹ֑אתZotthis
Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT Psalms 73:16 word 3
עָמָ֖ל'a.Mal[was] trouble
Lemma: עָמָל (a.mal) · Strong's: H5999
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: trouble
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 41:51, Numbers 23:21, Deuteronomy 26:7, Judges 10:16, Job 3:10, Job 4:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5999; TAHOT Psalms 73:16 word 4
בְעֵינָֽי\׃ve.'ei.Naiin view my
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye: appearance
Used 153 times. Also: Genesis 16:6, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 20:15, Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869I; TAHOT Psalms 73:16 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When I tried | → | חָשַׁב H2803J to devise: think |
| to understand | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| all this | → | זֹאת H2063 this |
| it | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| was troublesome | → | עָמָל H5999 trouble |
| in my sight | → | עַ֫יִן H5869I eye: appearance |
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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