Psalms 102:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הוּכָּֽה־כָ֭עֵשֶׂב וַיִּבַ֣שׁ לִבִּ֑י כִּֽי־שָׁ֝כַ֗חְתִּי מֵאֲכֹ֥ל לַחְמִֽי׃

Transliteration

hukkâ-like ʿēśeḇ and wayyîḇaš libbî for šāḵaḥtî from ʾăḵōl laḥmî

Grammar Details

*hukkâ*: verb, Hophal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is stricken/smitten
*ḵāʿēśeḇ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like grass
*wa*: conjunction - and
*yyîḇaš*: verb, Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - it withers/dries up
*libbî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my heart
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*šāḵaḥtî*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I forgot
*mēʾăḵōl*: preposition + verb, Qal infinitive construct - from eating
*laḥmî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my bread/food

Word Meanings

*hukkâ*: stricken/smitten/struck
*ʿēśeḇ*: grass/vegetation/herb
*wayyîḇaš*: withers/dries up
*libbî*: my heart/mind/inner self
*šāḵaḥtî*: I forgot/neglected
*ʾăḵōl*: to eat/eating
*laḥmî*: my bread/my food

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 19:20 : 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Ps 6:8 : 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Prov 17:22 : 22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
Lam 4:8 : 8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; They are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed [as] with the drought of summer. {H5542}
Ps 38:8-9 : 8 I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Ps 6:6 : 6 I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

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