Verse 5

{ "verseID": "Psalms.18.5", "source": "אֲפָפ֥וּנִי חֶבְלֵי־מָ֑וֶת וְֽנַחֲלֵ֖י בְלִיַּ֣עַל יְבַֽעֲתֽוּנִי׃", "text": "*afafuni* *chebley*-*mawet* and *nachaley* *beliya'al* *yeba'atuni*.", "grammar": { "*afafuni*": "qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they surrounded me", "*chebley*": "construct state, masculine plural - cords of/pangs of", "*mawet*": "masculine singular noun - death", "*nachaley*": "construct state, masculine plural - torrents of", "*beliya'al*": "proper noun/noun - worthlessness/destruction/wickedness", "*yeba'atuni*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they terrified me" }, "variants": { "*afafuni*": "they surrounded me/they encompassed me/they encircled me", "*chebley*": "cords of/pangs of/pains of", "*nachaley*": "torrents of/floods of/streams of", "*beliya'al*": "worthlessness/destruction/wickedness/ruin", "*yeba'atuni*": "they terrified me/they overwhelmed me/they frightened me" } }

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  • Ps 86:13 : 13 { "verseID": "Psalms.86.13", "source": "כִּֽי־חַ֭סְדְּךָ גָּד֣וֹל עָלָ֑י וְהִצַּ֥לְתָּ נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י מִשְּׁא֥וֹל תַּחְתִּיּֽ͏ָה", "text": "*kî*-*ḥasdᵉkā* *gādôl* *ʿālāy* *wᵉhiṣṣaltā* *napšî* *miššᵉʾôl* *taḥtiyyâ*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ḥasdᵉkā*": "noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your steadfast love", "*gādôl*": "adjective masculine singular - great", "*ʿālāy*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - upon me", "*wᵉhiṣṣaltā*": "conjunction + perfect verb, 2nd person masculine singular, hiphil - and you have delivered", "*napšî*": "noun + 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*miššᵉʾôl*": "preposition + noun - from Sheol", "*taḥtiyyâ*": "adjective feminine singular - lowest/depths" }, "variants": { "*ḥesed*": "steadfast love/mercy/lovingkindness/covenant faithfulness", "*gādôl*": "great/large/mighty", "*hiṣṣaltā*": "you have delivered/you have rescued/you have saved", "*nepeš*": "soul/life/person/self", "*šᵉʾôl*": "Sheol/grave/place of the dead", "*taḥtiyyâ*": "lowest/depths/nethermost" } }
  • Ps 88:3-8 : 3 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.3", "source": "תָּב֣וֹא לְ֭פָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִ֑י הַטֵּֽה־אָ֝זְנְךָ֗ לְרִנָּתִֽי׃", "text": "*tāvôʾ* before-*pānêkā* *təpillātî* incline-*ʾoznəkā* to-*rinnātî*", "grammar": { "*tāvôʾ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - may it come/enter", "*pānêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face/presence", "*təpillātî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my prayer", "*haṭṭêh*": "verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine singular - incline/turn", "*ʾoznəkā*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ear", "*rinnātî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my cry/shout" }, "variants": { "*tāvôʾ*": "may it come/enter/approach", "*pānêkā*": "your face/presence/before you", "*təpillātî*": "my prayer/supplication", "*rinnātî*": "my cry/shout/ringing cry/song" } } 4 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.4", "source": "כִּֽי־שָֽׂבְעָ֣ה בְרָע֣וֹת נַפְשִׁ֑י וְ֝חַיַּ֗י לִשְׁא֥וֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ׃", "text": "For-*śāvəʿâ* with-*rāʿôt* *napšî* and-*ḥayyay* to-*šəʾôl* *higgîʿû*", "grammar": { "*śāvəʿâ*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - is full/satisfied", "*rāʿôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - evils/troubles", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*ḥayyay*": "noun, masculine, plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my life", "*šəʾôl*": "noun, feminine, singular - Sheol/grave/underworld", "*higgîʿû*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they have approached/reached" }, "variants": { "*śāvəʿâ*": "is full/satisfied/satiated/had enough", "*rāʿôt*": "evils/troubles/calamities/distresses", "*napšî*": "my soul/life/self/being", "*šəʾôl*": "Sheol/grave/underworld/place of the dead", "*higgîʿû*": "they have approached/reached/touched/arrived at" } } 5 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.5", "source": "נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃", "text": "*neḥšavtî* with-*yôrədê* *bôr* *hāyîtî* like-*gever* without-*ʾĕyāl*", "grammar": { "*neḥšavtî*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 1st person singular - I am considered/counted", "*yôrədê*": "participle, Qal, masculine, plural construct - those going down to", "*bôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - pit/cistern/grave", "*hāyîtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have become/been", "*gever*": "noun, masculine, singular - man/strong man", "*ʾĕyāl*": "noun, masculine, singular - strength/help" }, "variants": { "*neḥšavtî*": "I am considered/counted/reckoned/regarded as", "*yôrədê*": "those going down to/descending to", "*bôr*": "pit/cistern/grave/dungeon", "*gever*": "man/strong man/warrior/male", "*ʾĕyāl*": "strength/help/vigor/power" } } 6 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.6", "source": "בַּמֵּתִ֗ים חָ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים ׀ שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣ם ע֑וֹד וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃", "text": "Among-the-*mētîm* *ḥāpšî* like *ḥălālîm* *šōkəvê* *qever* who not *zəkartām* again and-*hēmmâ* from-*yādəkā* *nigzārû*", "grammar": { "*mētîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - dead ones", "*ḥāpšî*": "adjective, masculine, singular - free/set free", "*ḥălālîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - slain/wounded/pierced", "*šōkəvê*": "participle, Qal, masculine, plural construct - lying in", "*qever*": "noun, masculine, singular - grave/tomb", "*zəkartām*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you remember them", "*hēmmâ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - they", "*yādəkā*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand", "*nigzārû*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are cut off" }, "variants": { "*mētîm*": "dead ones/dead people/corpses", "*ḥāpšî*": "free/set free/released/abandoned", "*ḥălālîm*": "slain/wounded/pierced/profaned", "*šōkəvê*": "lying in/resting in", "*qever*": "grave/tomb/burial place", "*nigzārû*": "they are cut off/severed/excluded" } } 7 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.7", "source": "שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃", "text": "*šattanî* in-*bôr* *taḥtiyyôt* in-*maḥăšakkîm* in-*məṣōlôt*", "grammar": { "*šattanî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you have put me", "*bôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - pit/cistern", "*taḥtiyyôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - lowest parts/depths", "*maḥăšakkîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - dark places/darkness", "*məṣōlôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - depths/deep places" }, "variants": { "*šattanî*": "you have put me/placed me/set me", "*bôr*": "pit/cistern/dungeon", "*taḥtiyyôt*": "lowest parts/depths/deepest regions", "*maḥăšakkîm*": "dark places/darkness/gloom", "*məṣōlôt*": "depths/deep places/ocean depths/abyss" } } 8 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.8", "source": "עָ֭לַי סָמְכָ֣ה חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְכָל־מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָ עִנִּ֥יתָ סֶּֽלָה׃", "text": "Upon-me *sāməkâ* *ḥămātekā* and-all-*mišbārêkā* *ʿinnîtā* *selâ*", "grammar": { "*sāməkâ*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - rests/lies heavily", "*ḥămātekā*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your wrath", "*mišbārêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your waves/breakers", "*ʿinnîtā*": "verb, Piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have afflicted", "*selâ*": "musical notation or liturgical direction" }, "variants": { "*sāməkâ*": "rests/lies heavily/presses/weighs down", "*ḥămātekā*": "your wrath/fury/rage/burning anger", "*mišbārêkā*": "your waves/breakers/billows", "*ʿinnîtā*": "you have afflicted/humbled/oppressed", "*selâ*": "musical notation, possibly indicating pause or emphasis" } }
  • Ps 88:15-17 : 15 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.15", "source": "לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּזְנַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֑י תַּסְתִּ֖יר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃", "text": "Why *YHWH* *tiznaḥ* *napšî* *tastîr* *pānêkā* from-me", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*tiznaḥ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you reject", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*tastîr*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you hide", "*pānêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face" }, "variants": { "*tiznaḥ*": "you reject/cast off/spurn", "*napšî*": "my soul/life/self/being", "*tastîr*": "you hide/conceal", "*pānêkā*": "your face/presence/countenance" } } 16 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.16", "source": "עָ֘נִ֤י אֲנִ֣י וְגֹוֵ֣עַ מִנֹּ֑עַר נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ אָפֽוּנָה׃", "text": "*ʿānî* I and-*gôvēaʿ* from-*nōʿar* *nāśāʾtî* *ʾēmêkā* *ʾāpûnâ*", "grammar": { "*ʿānî*": "adjective, masculine, singular - afflicted/poor", "*gôvēaʿ*": "participle, Qal, masculine, singular - dying/expiring", "*nōʿar*": "noun, masculine, singular - youth", "*nāśāʾtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have borne/carried", "*ʾēmêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your terrors", "*ʾāpûnâ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular cohortative - I am distracted/helpless" }, "variants": { "*ʿānî*": "afflicted/poor/humble/wretched", "*gôvēaʿ*": "dying/expiring/perishing", "*nōʿar*": "youth/childhood/young age", "*nāśāʾtî*": "I have borne/carried/endured/suffered", "*ʾēmêkā*": "your terrors/threats/horrors", "*ʾāpûnâ*": "I am distracted/helpless/benumbed/desperate" } } 17 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.17", "source": "עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי׃", "text": "Over-me *ʿāvərû* *ḥărônêkā* *biʿûtêkā* *ṣimmətûtunî*", "grammar": { "*ʿāvərû*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they pass over", "*ḥărônêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your burning angers", "*biʿûtêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your terrors", "*ṣimmətûtunî*": "verb, Piel perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they have destroyed me" }, "variants": { "*ʿāvərû*": "they pass over/sweep over/overwhelm", "*ḥărônêkā*": "your burning angers/fierce wrath/indignations", "*biʿûtêkā*": "your terrors/alarms/horrors", "*ṣimmətûtunî*": "they have destroyed me/cut me off/overwhelmed me/silenced me" } }
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Psalms.116.3", "source": "אֲפָפ֤וּנִי ׀ חֶבְלֵי־מָ֗וֶת וּמְצָרֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל מְצָא֑וּנִי צָרָ֖ה וְיָג֣וֹן אֶמְצָֽא׃", "text": "*ʾăpāpûnî* *ḥevlê*-*māvet* and *meṣārê* *šeʾôl* *meṣāʾûnî* *ṣārâ* and *yāgôn* *ʾemṣāʾ*", "grammar": { "*ʾăpāpûnî*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they encompassed me", "*ḥevlê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - cords/bands of", "*māvet*": "noun, masculine singular - death", "*û-meṣārê*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and distresses/straits of", "*šeʾôl*": "noun, proper noun - Sheol/grave/underworld", "*meṣāʾûnî*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they found me", "*ṣārâ*": "noun, feminine singular - distress/trouble", "*ve-yāgôn*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and sorrow", "*ʾemṣāʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I found/I will find" }, "variants": { "*ʾăpāpûnî*": "they encompassed me/they surrounded me/they entangled me", "*ḥevlê*": "cords/bands/pains/pangs", "*meṣārê*": "distresses/straits/constraints", "*šeʾôl*": "Sheol/grave/underworld/realm of the dead", "*ʾemṣāʾ*": "I found/I encountered/I experienced" } }
  • Eccl 9:12 : 12 { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.9.12", "source": "כִּ֡י גַּם֩ לֹֽא־יֵדַ֨ע הָאָדָ֜ם אֶת־עִתּ֗וֹ כַּדָּגִים֙ שֶׁנֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙ בִּמְצוֹדָ֣ה רָעָ֔ה וְכַ֨צִּפֳּרִ֔ים הָאֲחֻז֖וֹת בַּפָּ֑ח כָּהֵ֗ם יֽוּקָשִׁים֙ בְּנֵ֣י הָֽאָדָ֔ם לְעֵ֣ת רָעָ֔ה כְּשֶׁתִּפּ֥וֹל עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם פִּתְאֹֽם׃", "text": "For also not-*yēdaʿ* the-*ʾādām* *ʾet*-*ʿittô* like-the-*dāgîm* that-*neʾĕḥāzîm* in-*mĕṣôdâ* *rāʿâ* and-like-the-*ṣipŏrîm* the-*ʾăḥuzôt* in-the-*pāḥ*; like-them *yûqāšîm* *bĕnê* the-*ʾādām* to-*ʿēt* *rāʿâ* when-*tippôl* upon-them *pitʾōm*.", "grammar": { "*yēdaʿ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he knows", "*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular with article - the man/mankind", "*ʿittô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his time", "*dāgîm*": "noun, masculine plural with article - the fish", "*neʾĕḥāzîm*": "verb, niphal participle, masculine plural - being caught", "*mĕṣôdâ*": "noun, feminine singular - net", "*rāʿâ*": "adjective, feminine singular - evil/bad", "*ṣipŏrîm*": "noun, feminine plural with article - the birds", "*ʾăḥuzôt*": "verb, qal passive participle, feminine plural - being caught", "*pāḥ*": "noun, masculine singular with article - the snare/trap", "*yûqāšîm*": "verb, hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - are ensnared", "*bĕnê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of", "*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular with article - the man/mankind", "*ʿēt*": "noun, feminine singular construct - time of", "*rāʿâ*": "adjective, feminine singular - evil/bad", "*tippôl*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it falls", "*pitʾōm*": "adverb - suddenly" }, "variants": { "*yēdaʿ*": "knows/understands/perceives", "*ʾādām*": "man/mankind/humanity", "*ʿittô*": "his time/his hour/his appointed time", "*dāgîm*": "fish", "*neʾĕḥāzîm*": "being caught/being trapped/being seized", "*mĕṣôdâ rāʿâ*": "evil net/bad snare/harmful trap", "*ṣipŏrîm*": "birds/sparrows", "*ʾăḥuzôt*": "being caught/being seized/being trapped", "*pāḥ*": "snare/trap/net", "*yûqāšîm*": "are ensnared/are trapped/are caught", "*bĕnê ha-ʾādām*": "sons of man/humans/people", "*ʿēt rāʿâ*": "evil time/time of calamity/bad moment", "*tippôl*": "it falls/it comes/it happens", "*pitʾōm*": "suddenly/unexpectedly/without warning" } }
  • Acts 2:24 : 24 { "verseID": "Acts.2.24", "source": "Ὃν ὁ Θεὸς ἀνέστησεν, λύσας τὰς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου: καθότι οὐκ ἦν δυνατὸν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ.", "text": "Whom the *Theos anestēsen*, *lusas* the *ōdinas* of the *thanatou*: because not *ēn dunaton krateisthai* him by it.", "grammar": { "*Theos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - God", "*anestēsen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - raised up", "*lusas*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having loosed/released", "*ōdinas*": "accusative, feminine, plural - pains/birth pains/agony", "*thanatou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of death", "*ēn*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was", "*dunaton*": "nominative, neuter, singular - possible", "*krateisthai*": "present passive infinitive - to be held/controlled" }, "variants": { "*anestēsen*": "raised up/resurrected/brought back to life", "*lusas*": "loosing/releasing/freeing/untying", "*ōdinas*": "pains/agonies/birth pangs/throes", "*thanatou*": "death/mortality", "*dunaton*": "possible/capable/able", "*krateisthai*": "to be held/controlled/restrained/kept" } }