Verse 10

{ "verseID": "Psalms.39.10", "source": "נֶ֭אֱלַמְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶפְתַּח־פִּ֑י כִּ֖י אַתָּ֣ה עָשִֽׂיתָ׃", "text": "*neʾĕlamtî* not *ʾeftaḥ*-*pî* because *ʾattāh* *ʿāśîtā*", "grammar": { "*neʾĕlamtî*": "verb, niphal perfect 1st person singular - I became mute/silent", "*ʾeftaḥ*": "verb, qal imperfect 1st person singular with negative 'lō' - I will not open", "*pî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my mouth", "*ʾattāh*": "pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular with conjunction 'kî' - because you", "*ʿāśîtā*": "verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have done" }, "variants": { "*neʾĕlamtî*": "I became mute/silent/speechless", "*ʾeftaḥ*": "I will open/uncover/loosen", "*ʿāśîtā*": "you have done/made/performed" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:34 : 34 { "verseID": "Job.9.34", "source": "יָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י שִׁבְט֑וֹ וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃", "text": "*yāsēr* *mēʿālay* *šibṭô* *wə-ʾēmātô* *ʾal-təbaʿătannî*", "grammar": { "*yāsēr*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular jussive - let him remove", "*mēʿālay*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - from upon me", "*šibṭô*": "masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his rod", "*wə-ʾēmātô*": "conjunction + feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his terror", "*ʾal-təbaʿătannî*": "negative particle + piel imperfect 3rd feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - let it not terrify me" }, "variants": { "*yāsēr*": "to remove, take away, turn aside", "*mēʿālay*": "from upon me, from against me", "*šibṭô*": "rod, staff, club, scepter", "*ʾēmātô*": "terror, dread, fear", "*təbaʿătannî*": "to terrify, startle, overwhelm with fear" } }
  • Job 13:21 : 21 { "verseID": "Job.13.21", "source": "כַּ֭פְּךָ מֵעָלַ֣י הַרְחַ֑ק וְ֝אֵ֥מָתְךָ֗ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃", "text": "*kappekā* *mēʿālay* *harḥaq* *weʾēmāt̄ekā* *ʾal*-*tebaʿăt̄annî*", "grammar": { "*kappekā*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your palm/hand", "*mēʿālay*": "preposition + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from upon me", "*harḥaq*": "verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine singular - remove far", "*weʾēmāt̄ekā*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your terror", "*ʾal*": "negative particle - not", "*tebaʿăt̄annî*": "verb, Piel jussive, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - let it terrify me" }, "variants": { "*kappekā*": "your hand/your power", "*harḥaq*": "withdraw/remove/take away", "*ʾēmāt̄ekā*": "your terror/your dread/your fear", "*tebaʿăt̄annî*": "terrify me/frighten me" } }
  • Job 40:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Job.40.8", "source": "הַ֭אַף תָּפֵ֣ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃", "text": "*hă-ʾap* *tāpēr* *mišpāṭî* *taršîʿēnî* *ləmaʿan* *tiṣdāq*", "grammar": { "*hă-ʾap*": "interrogative particle + conjunction - indeed, also, even", "*tāpēr*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will break/annul", "*mišpāṭî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my judgment", "*taršîʿēnî*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - you will condemn me", "*ləmaʿan*": "conjunction - in order that, so that", "*tiṣdāq*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you may be justified/righteous" }, "variants": { "*ʾap*": "indeed, even, also, moreover", "*tāpēr*": "to break, annul, violate, frustrate", "*mišpāṭî*": "judgment, justice, ordinance, decision", "*taršîʿēnî*": "to condemn, declare guilty, act wickedly", "*tiṣdāq*": "to be righteous, be justified, be in the right" } }
  • Ps 25:16-17 : 16 { "verseID": "Psalms.25.16", "source": "פְּנֵה־אֵלַ֥י וְחָנֵּ֑נִי כִּֽי־יָחִ֖יד וְעָנִ֣י אָֽנִי", "text": "*pĕnēh-ʾēlay wĕḥānnēnî kî-yāḥîḏ wĕʿānî ʾānî*", "grammar": { "*pĕnēh*": "verb, Qal imperative masculine singular - 'turn'", "*ʾēlay*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - 'to me'", "*wĕḥānnēnî*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'and be gracious to me'", "*kî*": "conjunction - 'for/because'", "*yāḥîḏ*": "adjective, masculine singular - 'alone/solitary'", "*wĕʿānî*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - 'and afflicted'", "*ʾānî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - 'I'" }, "variants": { "*pĕnēh*": "turn/face/regard", "*ḥānnēnî*": "be gracious to me/show me favor/have mercy on me", "*yāḥîḏ*": "alone/solitary/lonely/only", "*ʿānî*": "afflicted/poor/humble" } } 17 { "verseID": "Psalms.25.17", "source": "צָר֣וֹת לְבָבִ֣י הִרְחִ֑יבוּ מִ֝מְּצֽוּקוֹתַ֗י הוֹצִיאֵֽנִי", "text": "*ṣārôṯ lĕḇāḇî hirḥîḇû mimmĕṣûqôṯay hôṣîʾēnî*", "grammar": { "*ṣārôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural construct - 'troubles of'", "*lĕḇāḇî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my heart'", "*hirḥîḇû*": "verb, Hiphil perfect 3rd person common plural - 'they have enlarged/expanded'", "*mimmĕṣûqôṯay*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'from my distresses'", "*hôṣîʾēnî*": "verb, Hiphil imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'bring me out'" }, "variants": { "*ṣārôṯ*": "troubles/distresses/adversities", "*lĕḇāḇî*": "my heart/my mind/my inner self", "*hirḥîḇû*": "they have enlarged/they have expanded/they have grown", "*mĕṣûqôṯay*": "my distresses/my straits/my difficulties", "*hôṣîʾēnî*": "bring me out/deliver me/rescue me" } }
  • Ps 32:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Psalms.32.4", "source": "כִּ֤י ׀ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַיְלָה֮ תִּכְבַּ֥ד עָלַ֗י יָ֫דֶ֥ךָ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְשַׁדִּ֑י בְּחַרְבֹ֖נֵי קַ֣יִץ סֶֽלָה׃", "text": "*kî* *yômām* *wālaylâ* *tiḵbad* *ʿālay* *yāḏeḵā* *nehpaḵ* *ləšaddî* *bəḥarbōnê* *qayiṣ* *selâ*.", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because/when", "*yômām*": "adverb - by day/daily", "*wālaylâ*": "conjunction *wə-* + masculine singular noun - and night", "*tiḵbad*": "qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - was heavy", "*ʿālay*": "preposition *ʿal* with 1st person singular suffix - upon me", "*yāḏeḵā*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand", "*nehpaḵ*": "niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - was turned/changed", "*ləšaddî*": "preposition *lə-* + masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - into my moisture/vigor", "*bəḥarbōnê*": "preposition *bə-* + masculine plural construct noun - in droughts of", "*qayiṣ*": "masculine singular noun - summer", "*selâ*": "musical notation/pause" }, "variants": { "*tiḵbad*": "was heavy/pressed down/weighed upon", "*yāḏeḵā*": "your hand (as symbol of power/discipline)", "*nehpaḵ*": "was turned/was changed/was transformed", "*ləšaddî*": "my moisture/my vigor/my vitality/my freshness", "*ḥarbōnê*": "droughts of/dryness of", "*selâ*": "musical pause/interlude/lift up" } }
  • Ps 38:3-4 : 3 { "verseID": "Psalms.38.3", "source": "כִּֽי־חִ֭צֶּיךָ נִ֣חֲתוּ בִ֑י וַתִּנְחַ֖ת עָלַ֣י יָדֶֽךָ׃", "text": "For *ḥitseyḵā* *niḥătû* in me, and *watinḥat* upon me *yādeḵā*", "grammar": { "*ḥitseyḵā*": "noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your arrows", "*niḥătû*": "niphal perfect 3rd person plural - they have descended/sunk/come down", "*watinḥat*": "qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular with waw-consecutive - and it came down/descended", "*yādeḵā*": "noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand" }, "variants": { "*ḥitsey*": "arrows/shafts", "*niḥătû*": "have sunk down/descended/penetrated", "*watinḥat*": "has come down/pressed down/descended", "*yād*": "hand/power" } } 4 { "verseID": "Psalms.38.4", "source": "אֵין־מְתֹ֣ם בִּ֭בְשָׂרִי מִפְּנֵ֣י זַעְמֶ֑ךָ אֵין־שָׁל֥וֹם בַּ֝עֲצָמַ֗י מִפְּנֵ֥י חַטָּאתִֽי׃", "text": "No *mᵊtōm* in *bᵊśārî* from face of *za'meḵā*; no *šālôm* in *'ătsāmay* from face of *ḥaṭṭā'tî*", "grammar": { "*mᵊtōm*": "noun - soundness/wholeness/health", "*bᵊśārî*": "noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefix bᵊ- - in my flesh", "*za'meḵā*": "noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your indignation", "*šālôm*": "noun - peace/wholeness/welfare", "*'ătsāmay*": "noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefix bᵊ- - in my bones", "*ḥaṭṭā'tî*": "noun with 1st person singular suffix - my sin" }, "variants": { "*mᵊtōm*": "soundness/wholeness/health/integrity", "*bᵊśār*": "flesh/body/skin", "*za'em*": "indignation/anger/wrath", "*šālôm*": "peace/health/wholeness/welfare", "*'ătsām*": "bones/substance/body", "*ḥaṭṭā't*": "sin/offense/transgression" } }
  • 1 Sam 6:5 : 5 { "verseID": "1 Samuel.6.5", "source": "וַעֲשִׂיתֶם֩ צַלְמֵ֨י *עפליכם **טְחֹרֵיכֶ֜ם וְצַלְמֵ֣י עַכְבְּרֵיכֶ֗ם הַמַּשְׁחִיתִם֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּנְתַתֶּ֛ם לֵאלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כָּב֑וֹד אוּלַ֗י יָקֵ֤ל אֶת־יָדוֹ֙ מֵֽעֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וּמֵעַ֥ל אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם וּמֵעַ֥ל אַרְצְכֶֽם׃", "text": "*wa-ʿăśîtem* *ṣalmê* *ṭəḥōrêkem* *wə-ṣalmê* *ʿakbərêkem* *ha-mašḥîtim* *ʾet*-*hā-ʾāreṣ* *û-nətattem* *l-ēlōhê* *yiśrāʾēl* *kābôd* *ʾûlay* *yāqēl* *ʾet*-*yādô* *mē-ʿălêkem* *û-mēʿal* *ʾĕlōhêkem* *û-mēʿal* *ʾarṣəkem*", "grammar": { "*wa-ʿăśîtem*": "conjunction + qal perfect 2mp - and you shall make", "*ṣalmê*": "masculine plural construct - images of", "*ṭəḥōrêkem*": "masculine plural noun + 2mp suffix - your tumors", "*wə-ṣalmê*": "conjunction + masculine plural construct - and images of", "*ʿakbərêkem*": "masculine plural noun + 2mp suffix - your mice", "*ha-mašḥîtim*": "definite article + hiphil participle mp - the ones destroying", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*hā-ʾāreṣ*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the land", "*û-nətattem*": "conjunction + qal perfect 2mp - and you shall give", "*l-ēlōhê*": "preposition + masculine plural construct - to the God of", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*kābôd*": "masculine singular noun - glory/honor", "*ʾûlay*": "adverb - perhaps", "*yāqēl*": "hiphil imperfect 3ms - he will lighten", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*yādô*": "feminine singular noun + 3ms suffix - his hand", "*mē-ʿălêkem*": "preposition + preposition + 2mp suffix - from upon you", "*û-mēʿal*": "conjunction + preposition - and from upon", "*ʾĕlōhêkem*": "masculine plural noun + 2mp suffix - your gods", "*û-mēʿal*": "conjunction + preposition - and from upon", "*ʾarṣəkem*": "feminine singular noun + 2mp suffix - your land" }, "variants": { "*ṣalmê*": "images/likenesses/replicas/models", "*ṭəḥōrêkem*": "your tumors/hemorrhoids/swellings", "*mašḥîtim*": "destroying/ravaging/ruining", "*yāqēl*": "he will lighten/ease/lift/remove", "*kābôd*": "glory/honor/tribute/homage" } }