Psalms 73:20 Go deeper
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As a dream when one awaketh; so , O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. (KJV)
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כַּחֲל֥וֹםka.cha.Lomlike a dream
Lemma: חֲלוֹם (cha.lom) · Strong's: H2472
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dream
Used 65 times. Also: Genesis 20:3, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 31:10, Genesis 31:11, Genesis 31:24, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2472; TAHOT Psalms 73:20 word 1
מֵהָקִ֑יץme.ha.Kitzfrom when awakes
Lemma: קִיץ (quts) · Strong's: H6974
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to awake
Used 22 times. Also: 1 Samuel 26:12, 2 Kings 4:31, Job 14:12, Psalms 3:5, Psalms 17:15, Psalms 35:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6974; TAHOT Psalms 73:20 word 2
אֲ֝דֹנָי'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 73:20 word 3
בָּעִ֤יר\׀ba.'Irwhen waken
Lemma: עוּר (ur) · Strong's: H5782
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to rouse
Used 80 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:11, Judges 5:12, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 5:26, 1 Chronicles 11:11, 1 Chronicles 11:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5782; TAHOT Psalms 73:20 word 4
צַלְמָ֬םtzal.Mamimage their
Lemma: צֶ֫לֶם (tse.lem) · Strong's: H6754
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: image
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 9:6, Numbers 33:52, 1 Samuel 6:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6754; TAHOT Psalms 73:20 word 5
תִּבְזֶֽה\׃tiv.Zehyou will despise
Lemma: בָּזָה (ba.zah) · Strong's: H0959
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to despise
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 25:34, Numbers 15:31, 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Samuel 17:42, 2 Samuel 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0959; TAHOT Psalms 73:20 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Like [one] waking | → | קִיץ H6974 to awake |
| from a dream | → | חֲלוֹם H2472 dream |
| so You, O Lord | → | אֲדֹנָי H0136 Lord |
| awaken | → | עוּר H5782 to rouse |
| [and] despise | → | בָּזָה H0959 to despise |
| their form | → | צֶ֫לֶם H6754 image |
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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