Psalms 77:4 Go deeper
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Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. (KJV)
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אָ֭חַזְתָּ'A.chaz.tayou held
Lemma: אָחַז (a.chaz) · Strong's: H0270
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to grasp
Used 68 times. Also: Genesis 22:13, Genesis 25:26, Genesis 34:10, Genesis 47:27, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0270; TAHOT Psalms 77:4 word 1
שְׁמֻר֣וֹתshe.mu.Rot[the] eyelids of
Lemma: שְׁמֻרָה (she.mu.rah) · Strong's: H8109
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: waking
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8109; TAHOT Psalms 77:4 word 2
עֵינָ֑י'ei.Naieyes my
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Psalms 77:4 word 3
נִ֝פְעַ֗מְתִּיnif.'Am.tiI was troubled
Lemma: פָּעַם (pa.am) · Strong's: H6470
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVNp1cs)
Meaning: to trouble
Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 41:8, Judges 13:25, Daniel 2:1, Daniel 2:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6470; TAHOT Psalms 77:4 word 4
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 77:4 word 5
אֲדַבֵּֽר\׃'a.da.BerI spoke
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Psalms 77:4 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You have kept | → | אָחַז H0270 to grasp |
| my eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| from closing | → | שְׁמֻרָה H8109 waking |
| I am too troubled | → | פָּעַם H6470 to trouble |
| . . . | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| to speak | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
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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