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So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. (KJV)
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וַאֲנִי\־va.'a.ni-and I
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Psalms 73:22 word 1
בַ֭עַרVa.'ar[was] stupid
Lemma: בַּ֫עַר (ba.ar) · Strong's: H1198
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: stupid
Used 5 times. Also: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 92:6, Proverbs 12:1, Proverbs 30:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1198; TAHOT Psalms 73:22 word 2
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Psalms 73:22 word 3
אֵדָ֑ע'e.Da'I knew
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
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 73:22 word 4
בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹתbe.he.Motanimals
Lemma: בְּהֵמָה (be.he.mah) · Strong's: H0929
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: animal
Used 190 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 6:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0929; TAHOT Psalms 73:22 word 5
הָיִ֥יתִיha.Yi.tiI was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Psalms 73:22 word 6
עִמָּֽךְ\׃'i.Makhwith you
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Psalms 73:22 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I was | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| senseless | → | בַּ֫עַר H1198 stupid |
| and | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| ignorant | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| I was | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| a brute beast | → | בְּהֵמָה H0929 animal |
| before You | → | עִם H5973A with |
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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