Psalms 143:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ף עָלַ֣י רוּחִ֑י בְּ֝תוֹכִ֗י יִשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם לִבִּֽי׃

Transliteration

And tit'aṭṭēp̄ upon me rûḥî; in tôḵî yištômēm libbî.

Grammar Details

*wattit'aṭṭēp̄*: conjunction + hithpael imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - and it is overwhelmed
*'ālay*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - upon me
*rûḥî*: noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my spirit
*betôḵî*: preposition bet + noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - within me
*yištômēm*: hithpoel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it is appalled/astonished
*libbî*: noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my heart

Word Meanings

*tit'aṭṭēp̄*: is overwhelmed/grows faint/faints
*rûḥî*: my spirit/my breath/my wind
*betôḵî*: within me/inside me/in my midst
*yištômēm*: is appalled/is astonished/is desolate/is stunned
*libbî*: my heart/my mind/my inner self

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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

Ps 77:3 : 3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {H5542}
Ps 142:3 : 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
Ps 102:1 : 1 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.
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 119:81-83 : 81 KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me? 83 For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Ps 124:4 : 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
Job 6:27 : 27 Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.
Ps 25:16 : 16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.
Ps 55:5 : 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.
Ps 61:2 : 2 From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

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