Verse 16

{ "verseID": "Psalms.73.16", "source": "וָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַ֣עַת זֹ֑את עָמָ֖ל *היא **ה֣וּא בְעֵינָֽי׃", "text": "*Wa'achashevah lada'at zot*; *'amal hu ve'eynai*.", "grammar": { "*Wa'achashevah*": "conjunction + verb, piel imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - and I thought/considered", "*lada'at*": "preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to know", "*zot*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this", "*'amal*": "noun, masculine singular - trouble/labor", "*hu*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular (ketiv/qere variation) - it/he is", "*ve'eynai*": "preposition + noun, common dual construct + 1st person singular suffix - in my eyes" }, "variants": { "*chashav*": "thought/considered/planned", "*da'at*": "to know/understand", "*zot*": "this (feminine)", "*'amal*": "trouble/labor/toil/hardship", "*hu*": "he/it (ketiv: *hi* - feminine; qere: *hu* - masculine)", "*'ayin*": "eye/sight/appearance" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 8:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.8.17", "source": "וְרָאִיתִי֮ אֶת־כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה הָאֱלֹהִים֒ כִּי֩ לֹ֨א יוּכַ֜ל הָאָדָ֗ם לִמְצוֹא֙ אֶת־הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נַעֲשָׂ֣ה תַֽחַת־הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ בְּ֠שֶׁל אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲמֹ֧ל הָאָדָ֛ם לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָ֑א וְגַ֨ם אִם־יֹאמַ֤ר הֶֽחָכָם֙ לָדַ֔עַת לֹ֥א יוּכַ֖ל לִמְצֹֽא׃", "text": "And-*rāʾîtî* *ʾet*-all-*maʿăśēh* the-*ʾĕlōhîm* *kî* not *yûkal* the-*ʾādām* to-*limṣôʾ* *ʾet*-the-*maʿăśeh* *ʾăšer* *naʿăśāh* *taḥat*-the-*šemeš* because *ʾăšer* *yaʿămōl* the-*ʾādām* to-*lĕbaqqēš* and-not *yimṣāʾ* and-also if-*yōʾmar* the-*ḥākām* to-*lādaʿat* not *yûkal* to-*limṣōʾ*", "grammar": { "*rāʾîtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I saw", "*maʿăśēh*": "noun, masculine singular construct - work/deed of", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - God/gods", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because/that", "*yûkal*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he is able", "*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/mankind", "*limṣôʾ*": "qal infinitive construct - to find", "*maʿăśeh*": "noun, masculine singular - work/deed", "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - that/which", "*naʿăśāh*": "niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is done", "*taḥat*": "preposition - under", "*šemeš*": "noun, feminine singular - sun", "*yaʿămōl*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he labors", "*lĕbaqqēš*": "piel infinitive construct - to seek", "*yimṣāʾ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he finds", "*yōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he says", "*ḥākām*": "adjective, masculine singular - wise man", "*lādaʿat*": "qal infinitive construct - to know" }, "variants": { "*rāʾîtî*": "I saw/I observed/I perceived", "*maʿăśēh*": "work/deed/activity/action", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine being(s)", "*yûkal*": "is able/can/is capable", "*ʾādām*": "man/mankind/humanity", "*limṣôʾ*": "to find/to discover/to attain", "*naʿăśāh*": "is done/is performed/happens", "*šemeš*": "sun", "*yaʿămōl*": "he labors/he toils/he works hard", "*lĕbaqqēš*": "to seek/to search for/to try to find", "*yimṣāʾ*": "he finds/he discovers/he attains", "*yōʾmar*": "he says/he claims/he thinks", "*ḥākām*": "wise man/sage", "*lādaʿat*": "to know/to understand/to comprehend" } }
  • Luke 18:32-34 : 32 { "verseID": "Luke.18.32", "source": "Παραδοθήσεται γὰρ τοῖς Ἔθνεσιν, καὶ ἐμπαιχθήσεται, καὶ ὑβρισθήσεται, καὶ ἐμπτυσθήσεται:", "text": "*Paradothēsetai* for to-the *Ethnesin*, and *empaichthēsetai*, and *hybristhēsetai*, and *emptysthēsetai*:", "grammar": { "*Paradothēsetai*": "future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will be delivered", "*Ethnesin*": "dative neuter plural - Gentiles/nations", "*empaichthēsetai*": "future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will be mocked", "*hybristhēsetai*": "future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will be mistreated", "*emptysthēsetai*": "future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will be spit upon" }, "variants": { "*Paradothēsetai*": "will be delivered/handed over/betrayed", "*Ethnesin*": "Gentiles/nations/non-Jews", "*empaichthēsetai*": "will be mocked/ridiculed", "*hybristhēsetai*": "will be mistreated/insulted/abused", "*emptysthēsetai*": "will be spit upon" } } 33 { "verseID": "Luke.18.33", "source": "Καὶ μαστιγώσαντες, ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν: καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ ἀναστήσεται.", "text": "And *mastigōsantes*, *apoktenousin* him: and on-the *hēmera* the third *anastēsetai*.", "grammar": { "*mastigōsantes*": "aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural - having scourged", "*apoktenousin*": "future active indicative, 3rd person plural - they will kill", "*hēmera*": "dative feminine singular - day", "*anastēsetai*": "future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will rise up" }, "variants": { "*mastigōsantes*": "having scourged/whipped/flogged", "*apoktenousin*": "they will kill/put to death", "*anastēsetai*": "will rise up/be resurrected" } } 34 { "verseID": "Luke.18.34", "source": "Καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐδὲν τούτων συνῆκαν: καὶ ἦν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο κεκρυμμένον ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον τὰ λεγόμενα.", "text": "And they nothing of-these *synēkan*: and *ēn* the *rhēma* this *kekrymmenon* from them, and not *eginōskon* the things *legomena*.", "grammar": { "*synēkan*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they understood", "*ēn*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was", "*rhēma*": "nominative neuter singular - saying/word", "*kekrymmenon*": "perfect passive participle, nominative neuter singular - having been hidden", "*eginōskon*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were knowing", "*legomena*": "present passive participle, accusative neuter plural - being said" }, "variants": { "*synēkan*": "they understood/comprehended", "*rhēma*": "saying/word/matter/thing", "*kekrymmenon*": "having been hidden/concealed", "*eginōskon*": "they were knowing/perceiving/comprehending", "*legomena*": "being said/spoken" } }
  • John 16:18-19 : 18 { "verseID": "John.16.18", "source": "Ἔλεγον οὖν, Τοῦτο Τί ἐστιν ὃ λέγει, Τὸ μικρόν; οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί λαλεῖ.", "text": "They were *elegon oun*, This What *estin* which *legei*, The *mikron*? not *oidamen* what he *lalei*.", "grammar": { "*Elegon*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were saying", "*oun*": "inferential conjunction - therefore/then", "Τοῦτο": "demonstrative pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular - this", "Τί": "interrogative pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular - what", "*estin*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is", "ὃ": "relative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - which", "*legei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - he says", "Τὸ": "definite article, nominative, neuter, singular - the", "*mikron*": "adjective, nominative, neuter, singular - little while", "οὐκ": "negative particle - not", "*oidamen*": "perfect active indicative, 1st person plural - we know", "τί": "interrogative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - what", "*lalei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - speaks/says" }, "variants": { "*Elegon*": "they were saying/they kept saying (imperfect tense indicating ongoing action)", "*oun*": "therefore/then/so", "*estin*": "is/means", "*legei*": "he says/he means", "*mikron*": "little while/short time", "*oidamen*": "we know/we understand (perfect tense with present meaning)", "*lalei*": "speaks/means/says" } } 19 { "verseID": "John.16.19", "source": "Ἔγνω οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι ἤθελον αὐτὸν ἐρωτᾷν, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Περὶ τούτου ζητεῖτε μετʼ ἀλλήλων ὅτι εἶπον, Μικρὸν, καὶ οὐ θεωρεῖτέ με: καὶ πάλιν, μικρὸν, καὶ ὄψεσθέ με;", "text": "*Egnō oun* the *Iēsous* that they *ēthelon* him *erōtan*, and *eipen* to them, *Peri toutou zēteite met' allēlōn* because *eipon*, *Mikron*, and not *theōreite* me: and again, *mikron*, and *opsesthe* me?", "grammar": { "*Egnō*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - knew/perceived", "*oun*": "inferential conjunction - therefore/then", "ὁ": "definite article, nominative, masculine, singular - the", "*Iēsous*": "noun, nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus", "ὅτι": "conjunction - that", "*ēthelon*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were wanting", "αὐτὸν": "personal pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - him", "*erōtan*": "present active infinitive - to ask", "καὶ": "conjunction - and", "*eipen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said", "αὐτοῖς": "personal pronoun, dative, masculine, plural - to them", "*Peri*": "preposition - concerning", "τούτου": "demonstrative pronoun, genitive, neuter, singular - this", "*zēteite*": "present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you seek/inquire", "μετʼ": "preposition - with", "*allēlōn*": "reciprocal pronoun, genitive, masculine, plural - one another", "ὅτι": "conjunction - because", "*eipon*": "aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I said", "*Mikron*": "adjective, accusative, neuter, singular used adverbially - a little while", "καὶ": "conjunction - and", "οὐ": "negative particle - not", "*theōreite*": "present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you see/behold", "με": "personal pronoun, accusative, singular - me", "καὶ": "conjunction - and", "πάλιν": "adverb - again", "*mikron*": "adjective, accusative, neuter, singular used adverbially - a little while", "καὶ": "conjunction - and", "*opsesthe*": "future middle indicative, 2nd person plural - you will see", "με": "personal pronoun, accusative, singular - me" }, "variants": { "*Egnō*": "knew/perceived/realized", "*oun*": "therefore/then/so", "*Iēsous*": "Jesus", "*ēthelon*": "they were wanting/they were desiring (imperfect tense indicating continuous action)", "*erōtan*": "to ask/to question", "*eipen*": "said/told", "*Peri*": "concerning/about/regarding", "*zēteite*": "you seek/you inquire/you discuss", "*allēlōn*": "one another/each other", "*eipon*": "I said/I told", "*Mikron*": "a little while/shortly/soon", "*theōreite*": "you see/you behold/you perceive", "*opsesthe*": "you will see/you will perceive" } }
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 { "verseID": "Romans.11.33", "source": "Ὦ βάθος πλούτου καὶ σοφίας καὶ γνώσεως Θεοῦ! ὡς ἀνεξερεύνητα τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστοι αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτοῦ!", "text": "O *bathos ploutou* and *sophias* and *gnōseōs Theou*! how *anexereunēta* the *krimata* of him, and *anexichniastoi* the *hodoi* of him!", "grammar": { "*bathos*": "nominative neuter singular - depth", "*ploutou*": "genitive masculine singular - of riches", "*sophias*": "genitive feminine singular - of wisdom", "*gnōseōs*": "genitive feminine singular - of knowledge", "*Theou*": "genitive masculine singular - of God", "*anexereunēta*": "nominative neuter plural - unsearchable", "*krimata*": "nominative neuter plural - judgments", "*anexichniastoi*": "nominative feminine plural - untraceable", "*hodoi*": "nominative feminine plural - ways" }, "variants": { "*bathos*": "depth/profundity", "*ploutou*": "riches/wealth/abundance", "*sophias*": "wisdom/insight", "*gnōseōs*": "knowledge/understanding", "*anexereunēta*": "unsearchable/unfathomable", "*krimata*": "judgments/decisions", "*anexichniastoi*": "untraceable/inscrutable/beyond tracing out", "*hodoi*": "ways/paths/roads" } }
  • Ps 36:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Psalms.36.6", "source": "יְ֭הוָה בְּהַשָּׁמַ֣יִם חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ עַד־שְׁחָקִֽים׃", "text": "*YHWH* in the *šāmayim* *ḥasdĕḵā* *ʾĕmûnātḵā* unto-*šᵊḥāqîm*", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "divine name", "*šāmayim*": "masculine, plural with definite article and prefixed preposition בְּ (in) - in the heavens", "*ḥasdĕḵā*": "masculine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix (your) - your lovingkindness", "*ʾĕmûnātḵā*": "feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix (your) - your faithfulness", "*šᵊḥāqîm*": "masculine, plural with prefixed preposition עַד (unto/to) - clouds/skies" }, "variants": { "*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky", "*ḥasdĕḵā*": "your lovingkindness/steadfast love/mercy", "*ʾĕmûnātḵā*": "your faithfulness/reliability/steadfastness", "*šᵊḥāqîm*": "clouds/skies/heavens" } }
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Psalms.39.6", "source": "הִנֵּ֤ה טְפָח֨וֹת ׀ נָ֘תַ֤תָּה יָמַ֗י וְחֶלְדִּ֣י כְאַ֣יִן נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ אַ֥ךְ כָּֽל־הֶ֥בֶל כָּל־אָ֝דָ֗ם נִצָּ֥ב סֶֽלָה׃", "text": "*hinnēh* *ṭəfāḥôt* *nātattāh* *yāmay* and-*ḥeldî* like-*ʾayin* *negdekā* *ʾak* all-*hebel* all-*ʾādām* *niṣṣāb* *selāh*", "grammar": { "*hinnēh*": "interjection - behold/look", "*ṭəfāḥôt*": "noun, feminine plural - handbreadths", "*nātattāh*": "verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have made/set", "*yāmay*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my days", "*ḥeldî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed conjunction 'wə' - and my lifetime", "*ʾayin*": "substantive with prefixed preposition 'kə' - like nothing", "*negdekā*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - before you", "*ʾak*": "adverb - surely/only", "*hebel*": "noun, masculine singular with prefixed 'kol' - all (is) vanity", "*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular with prefixed 'kol' - every man", "*niṣṣāb*": "verb, niphal participle masculine singular - standing/established", "*selāh*": "musical notation - selah" }, "variants": { "*hinnēh*": "behold/look/see", "*ṭəfāḥôt*": "handbreadths/spans (measurement)", "*nātattāh*": "you have made/set/appointed", "*ḥeldî*": "my lifetime/duration/world", "*ʾayin*": "nothing/non-existence", "*ʾak*": "surely/only/indeed", "*hebel*": "vapor/breath/vanity/emptiness", "*niṣṣāb*": "standing/positioned/established" } }
  • Ps 77:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Psalms.77.19", "source": "ק֤וֹל רַעַמְךָ֨ ׀ בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל הֵאִ֣ירוּ בְרָקִ֣ים תֵּבֵ֑ל רָגְזָ֖ה וַתִּרְעַ֣שׁ הָאָֽרֶץ", "text": "*qôl* *raʿamḵā* in-the-*galgal* *hēʾîrû* *ḇərāqîm* *tēḇēl* *rāḡəzāh* and-*tirʿaš* the-*ʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*qôl*": "masculine singular construct - voice of", "*raʿamḵā*": "masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your thunder", "*galgal*": "masculine singular noun with prefixed 'bə' and definite article - in the whirlwind", "*hēʾîrû*": "3rd person plural hiphil perfect - they illuminated", "*ḇərāqîm*": "masculine plural noun - lightnings", "*tēḇēl*": "feminine singular noun - world", "*rāḡəzāh*": "3rd person feminine singular qal perfect - she trembled", "*tirʿaš*": "3rd person feminine singular qal imperfect with waw-consecutive - and she shook", "*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth" }, "variants": { "*qôl*": "voice/sound/noise", "*raʿamḵā*": "your thunder/your thunderous voice", "*galgal*": "whirlwind/wheel/heaven", "*hēʾîrû*": "they illuminated/they lit up/they gave light to", "*ḇərāqîm*": "lightnings/flashes", "*tēḇēl*": "world/inhabited earth", "*rāḡəzāh*": "trembled/quaked/was agitated", "*tirʿaš*": "shook/quaked/trembled", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground" } }
  • Ps 97:2 : 2 { "verseID": "Psalms.97.2", "source": "עָנָ֣ן וַעֲרָפֶ֣ל סְבִיבָ֑יו צֶ֥דֶק וּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט מְכ֣וֹן כִּסְאֽוֹ", "text": "*ʿānān* *wa-ʿărāp̄el* *sĕḇîḇāyw* *ṣeḏeq* *û-mišpāṭ* *məḵôn* *kisʾô*", "grammar": { "*ʿānān*": "noun, masculine singular - cloud", "*wa-ʿărāp̄el*": "conjunction waw + noun, masculine singular - and thick darkness/gloom", "*sĕḇîḇāyw*": "preposition + suffix, 3rd person masculine singular - around him", "*ṣeḏeq*": "noun, masculine singular - righteousness", "*û-mišpāṭ*": "conjunction waw + noun, masculine singular - and justice", "*məḵôn*": "noun, masculine singular construct - foundation/established place of", "*kisʾô*": "noun, masculine singular + suffix, 3rd person masculine singular - his throne" }, "variants": { "*ʿărāp̄el*": "thick darkness/gloom/heavy cloud", "*sĕḇîḇāyw*": "surrounding him/around him/encircling him", "*ṣeḏeq*": "righteousness/rightness/justice", "*mišpāṭ*": "justice/judgment/legal decision", "*məḵôn*": "foundation/established place/base" } }
  • Prov 30:2-3 : 2 { "verseID": "Proverbs.30.2", "source": "כִּ֤י בַ֣עַר אָנֹכִ֣י מֵאִ֑ישׁ וְלֹֽא־בִינַ֖ת אָדָ֣ם לִֽי׃", "text": "*Kî* *baʿar* *ʾānōkî* *mēʾîš* *welōʾ*-*bînat* *ʾādām* *lî*", "grammar": { "*Kî*": "conjunction - for/surely/because", "*baʿar*": "masculine singular adjective - brutish/stupid", "*ʾānōkî*": "first person singular pronoun - I", "*mēʾîš*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - from/than man", "*welōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*bînat*": "construct state, feminine singular - understanding of", "*ʾādām*": "masculine singular noun - man/humanity", "*lî*": "preposition + first person singular suffix - to me" }, "variants": { "*baʿar*": "brutish/stupid/ignorant/boorish", "*mēʾîš*": "from man/than any man", "*ʾādām*": "man/mankind/humanity/Adam" } } 3 { "verseID": "Proverbs.30.3", "source": "וְלֹֽא־לָמַ֥דְתִּי חָכְמָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת קְדֹשִׁ֣ים אֵדָֽע׃", "text": "*welōʾ*-*lāmadtî* *ḥokmâ* *wedaʿat* *qedōšîm* *ʾēdāʿ*", "grammar": { "*welōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*lāmadtî*": "qal perfect, first person singular - I have learned", "*ḥokmâ*": "feminine singular noun - wisdom", "*wedaʿat*": "conjunction + construct state, feminine singular - and knowledge of", "*qedōšîm*": "masculine plural adjective/noun - holy ones/holy things", "*ʾēdāʿ*": "qal imperfect, first person singular - I know/will know" }, "variants": { "*qedōšîm*": "holy ones/holy things/the Holy One (plural of majesty)/sacred matters" } }