Psalms 22:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֥י סְבָב֗וּנִי כְּלָ֫בִ֥ים עֲדַ֣ת מְ֭רֵעִים הִקִּיפ֑וּנִי כָּ֝אֲרִ֗י יָדַ֥י וְרַגְלָֽי׃

Transliteration

For səbābûnî kəlābîm ʿădat mərēʿîm hiqqîpûnî like-ʾărî yāday and-ragləy

Grammar Details

*səbābûnî*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural with 1st person singular object suffix - 'they surrounded me'
*kəlābîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'dogs'
*ʿădat*: noun, feminine singular construct - 'assembly of'
*mərēʿîm*: verb, hiphil participle, masculine plural - 'evildoers'
*hiqqîpûnî*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural with 1st person singular object suffix - 'they encircled me'
*ʾărî*: noun, masculine singular - 'lion'
*yāday*: noun, feminine dual with 1st person singular suffix - 'my hands'
*ragləy*: noun, feminine dual with 1st person singular suffix - 'my feet'

Word Meanings

*səbābûnî*: they surrounded/encircled/encompassed me
*ʿădat*: assembly/company/congregation of
*mərēʿîm*: evildoers/malefactors/those doing evil
*hiqqîpûnî*: they encircled/surrounded/encompassed me
*ʾărî*: lion/they pierced (textual variant)

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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

Luke 23:35 : 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.
Luke 23:27 : 27 And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who {G2532} bewailed and lamented him.
Matt 27:39-41 : 39 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, 40 and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said,
Mark 15:29-32 : 29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, 30 save thyself, and come down from the cross. 31 In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him] among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself he {G1410} cannot save. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.
Isa 52:14 : 14 Like as many were astonished at thee (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),
Matt 27:36 : 36 and they sat and watched him there.
Job 33:21 : 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.
Ps 102:3-5 : 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. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.

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