Psalms 147:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָ֭רֹפֵא לִשְׁב֣וּרֵי לֵ֑ב וּ֝מְחַבֵּ֗שׁ לְעַצְּבוֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

Hārōphēʾ lishbūrê lēb ūmehabbēsh leʿatstsebōwtām

Grammar Details

*Hārōphēʾ*: participle with definite article, masculine singular - the one healing
*lishbūrê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - to/for the broken ones of
*lēb*: noun, masculine singular - heart
*ūmehabbēsh*: conjunction + participle, masculine singular - and binding up
*leʿatstsebōwtām*: preposition + noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for their wounds/sorrows

Word Meanings

*Hārōphēʾ*: heals/healing/the healer
*shbūrê*: broken ones/shattered ones/crushed ones
*lēb*: heart/mind/inner being
*mehabbēsh*: binds up/bandages/dresses
*ʿatstsebōwtām*: their wounds/their pains/their sorrows/their hurts

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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 5:18 : 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Ps 34:18 : 18 Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.
Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound;
Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
Ps 51:17 : 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Jer 33:6 : 6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.
Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
Hos 6:1-2 : 1 Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
Isa 1:5-6 : 5 Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.

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