Psalms 73:21 Go deeper
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Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. (KJV)
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כִּ֭יkiif
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 73:21 word 1
יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץyit.cha.Metzit was embittered
Lemma: חָמֵץ (cha.mets) · Strong's: H2556A
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVti3ms)
Meaning: to leaven
Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 12:19, Exodus 12:20, Exodus 12:34, Exodus 12:39, Hosea 7:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2556A; TAHOT Psalms 73:21 word 2
לְבָבִ֑יle.va.Viheart my
Lemma: לֵבָב (le.vav) · Strong's: H3824
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 252 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 31:26, Exodus 14:5, Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 26:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3824; TAHOT Psalms 73:21 word 3
וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗יve.khil.yo.Taiand kidneys my
Lemma: כִּלְיָה (kil.yah) · Strong's: H3629
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: kidney
Used 31 times. Also: Exodus 29:13, Exodus 29:22, Leviticus 3:4, Leviticus 3:10, Leviticus 3:15, Leviticus 4:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3629; TAHOT Psalms 73:21 word 4
אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן\׃'esh.to.NanI was pierced
Lemma: שָׁנַן (sha.nan) · Strong's: H8150
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVti1cs)
Meaning: to sharpen
Used 9 times. Also: Deuteronomy 6:7, Deuteronomy 32:41, Psalms 45:5, Psalms 64:3, Psalms 120:4, Psalms 140:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8150; TAHOT Psalms 73:21 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| my heart | → | לֵבָב H3824 heart |
| was grieved | → | חָמֵץ H2556A to leaven |
| and I was pierced | → | שָׁנַן H8150 to sharpen |
| within | → | כִּלְיָה H3629 kidney |
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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