Psalms 124:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲ֭זַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֗֜‪[c]‬חְלָה עָבַ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃

Transliteration

then the mayim šəṭāpûnû naḥlāh ʿābar over napšēnû

Grammar Details

*ʾăzay*: adverb - then/at that time
*hammayim*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the waters
*šəṭāpûnû*: verb qal perfect 3rd plural + 1st person plural suffix - they overflowed us
*naḥlāh*: noun feminine singular - torrent/stream/wadi
*ʿābar*: verb qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - passed over
*ʿal-napšēnû*: preposition + noun feminine singular + 1st person plural suffix - over our soul

Word Meanings

*mayim*: waters/flood
*šəṭāpûnû*: overwhelmed us/swept over us/flooded us
*naḥlāh*: torrent/stream/flood
*ʿābar ʿal-napšēnû*: passed over our soul/life/overwhelmed our being

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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 22:11 : 11 Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
Ps 18:4 : 4 The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Ps 32:6 : 6 For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.
Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Ps 69:2 : 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Ps 69:15 : 15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Isa 8:7-8 : 7 now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks; 8 and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Isa 28:2 : 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.
Isa 59:19 : 19 So shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of Jehovah driveth.
Jer 46:7-8 : 7 Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers? 8 Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.
Dan 9:26 : 26 And after the threescore and two weeks shall the anointed one be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and even unto the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
Rev 12:15-16 : 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Rev 17:1 : 1 And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, {G3427} Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters;
Rev 17:15 : 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

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