Psalms 94:17 Go deeper

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

לוּלֵ֣יlu.Leiif not

Lemma: לוּלֵא (lu.le) · Strong's: H3884

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: unless

Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 31:42, Genesis 43:10, Deuteronomy 32:27, Judges 14:18, 1 Samuel 25:34, 2 Samuel 2:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3884; TAHOT Psalms 94:17 word 1

יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Psalms 94:17 word 2

עֶזְרָ֣תָה'ez.Ra.tah[had been] <to> a help

Lemma: עֶזְרָה (ez.rah) · Strong's: H5833

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: help

Used 26 times. Also: Judges 5:23, 2 Chronicles 28:21, Job 6:13, Job 31:21, Psalms 22:19, Psalms 27:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5833; TAHOT Psalms 94:17 word 3

כִּמְעַ֓ט\׀kim.'Atlike a little

Lemma: מְעַט (me.at) · Strong's: H4592

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: little

Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 18:4, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4592; TAHOT Psalms 94:17 word 4

שָֽׁכְנָ֖הsha.khe.Nahit dwelt

Lemma: שָׁכַן (sha.khan) · Strong's: H7931

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)

Meaning: to dwell

Used 128 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 26:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7931; TAHOT Psalms 94:17 word 5

דוּמָ֣הdu.Mahsilence

Lemma: דּוּמָה (du.mah) · Strong's: H1745

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: silence

Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 115:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1745; TAHOT Psalms 94:17 word 6

נַפְשִֽׁי\׃naf.Shiself my

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: soul

Used 245 times. Also: Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 35:18, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 23:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315G; TAHOT Psalms 94:17 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Unless	→	לוּלֵא H3884 unless
the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
had been my helper	→	עֶזְרָה H5833 help
I	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul
would soon	→	מְעַט H4592 little
have dwelt in the abode	→	שָׁכַן H7931 to dwell
of silence	→	דּוּמָה H1745 silence

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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