Psalms 119:83

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־הָ֭יִיתִי כְּנֹ֣אד בְּקִיט֑וֹר חֻ֝קֶּ֗יךָ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃

Transliteration

For kî I have become hāyîṯî like a wineskin kənōʾḏ in smoke bəqîṭôr; your statutes ḥuqqêḵā not lōʾ I have forgotten šāḵāḥtî.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*hāyîṯî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have become/I have been
*kənōʾḏ*: preposition + noun masculine singular - like a wineskin
*bəqîṭôr*: preposition + noun masculine singular - in smoke
*ḥuqqêḵā*: masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*šāḵāḥtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have forgotten

Word Meanings

*hāyîṯî*: I have become/I have been/I am
*nōʾḏ*: wineskin/bottle/container made of skin
*bəqîṭôr*: in smoke/in vapor
*ḥuqqêḵā*: your statutes/your decrees/your prescribed laws
*šāḵāḥtî*: I have forgotten/I neglect/I ignore

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 30:30 : 30 My skin is black, [and falleth] from me, And my bones are burned with heat.
Ps 119:61 : 61 The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten thy law.
Ps 119:176 : 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
Ps 22:15 : 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Ps 102:3-4 : 3 For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand. 4 My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

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