Psalms 22:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְחַלְּק֣וּ בְגָדַ֣י לָהֶ֑ם וְעַל־לְ֝בוּשִׁ֗י יַפִּ֥ילוּ גוֹרָֽל׃

Transliteration

yəḥalləqû bəgāday for-them and-upon-ləbûšî yappîlû gôrāl

Grammar Details

*yəḥalləqû*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they divide'
*bəgāday*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - 'my garments'
*ləbûšî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my clothing'
*yappîlû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they cast'
*gôrāl*: noun, masculine singular - 'lot'

Word Meanings

*yəḥalləqû*: they divide/distribute/apportion
*bəgāday*: my garments/clothes
*ləbûšî*: my clothing/garment/raiment
*yappîlû*: they cast/throw
*gôrāl*: lot/portion/destiny

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 22:11 : 11 Be not far from me; For trouble is near; For there is none to help.
Ps 40:13 : 13 Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Ps 40:17 : 17 But I am poor and needy; [Yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
Ps 69:13-18 : 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me. 16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me. 17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily. 18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.
Ps 70:5 : 5 But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.
Ps 10:1 : 1 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Ps 18:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
Ps 21:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah; And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

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