Psalms 107:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־אֹ֭כֶל תְּתַעֵ֣ב נַפְשָׁ֑ם וַ֝יַּגִּ֗יעוּ עַד־שַׁ֥עֲרֵי מָֽוֶת

Transliteration

all-ʾōkel tᵊtaʿēb napšām and-yaggîʿû until-šaʿărê māwet

Grammar Details

*ʾōkel*: noun, masculine singular with prefixed kol - all food
*tᵊtaʿēb*: piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it abhors
*napšām*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their soul
*yaggîʿû*: hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they reached/approached
*šaʿărê*: noun, masculine plural construct with prefixed preposition ad - to gates of
*māwet*: noun, masculine singular - death

Word Meanings

*ʾōkel*: food/eating
*tᵊtaʿēb*: it abhors/loathes/detests
*napšām*: their soul/life/appetite/being
*yaggîʿû*: they reached/approached/came to
*šaʿărê*: gates of/entrances of
*māwet*: death

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 88:3 : 3 For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
Ps 9:13 : 13 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
Isa 38:10 : 10 I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Job 33:19-22 : 19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones; 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
Job 38:17 : 17 Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Similar Verses (AI)

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Job 33:20-22
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20So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.
21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.
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Ps 107:5-6
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5Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
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17Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
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19Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses.
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7My soul refuseth to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me.
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30They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,
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19To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
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18And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
Isa 8:21
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21And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
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Ps 107:26-28
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71%
26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
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Job 30:3-4
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70%
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Prov 27:7
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Isa 66:24
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Jer 16:4
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Ps 18:5
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