Psalms 143:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a weary land. {H5542}

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פֵּרַ֣שְׂתִּי יָדַ֣י אֵלֶ֑יךָ נַפְשִׁ֓י ׀ כְּאֶֽרֶץ־עֲיֵפָ֖ה לְךָ֣ סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

Pēraśtî yāḏay to 'ēleḵā; nap̄šî like 'ereṣ-'ăyēp̄āh to leḵā selāh.

Grammar Details

*Pēraśtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I spread out
*yāḏay*: noun, feminine, dual + 1st person singular suffix - my hands
*'ēleḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*nap̄šî*: noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*ke'ereṣ-'ăyēp̄āh*: preposition kaf + noun, feminine, singular + adjective, feminine, singular - like land weary
*leḵā*: preposition lamed + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*selāh*: interjection - selah/pause

Word Meanings

*Pēraśtî*: I spread out/I stretch out/I extend
*yāḏay*: my hands/my arms
*nap̄šî*: my soul/my life/myself
*'ereṣ-'ăyēp̄āh*: weary land/parched land/thirsty ground
*selāh*: musical notation/pause/lift up

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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 63:1 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
Job 11:13 : 13 If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;
Ps 88:9 : 9 Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial [name], is the desire of our soul. 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Isa 35:7 : 7 And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
John 7:37 : 37 Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
Ps 42:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?
Ps 44:20 : 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
Ps 84:2 : 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

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