Psalms 35:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡ם לְב֬וּשִׁי שָׂ֗ק עִנֵּ֣יתִי בַצּ֣וֹם נַפְשִׁ֑י וּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗י עַל־חֵיקִ֥י תָשֽׁוּב׃

Transliteration

Wa-ʾănî ba-ḥălôtām ləbûšî śāq ʿinnêtî ba-ṣṣôm napšî; û-təpillātî ʿal-ḥêqî tāšûb.

Grammar Details

*Wa*: conjunction - and
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*ba*: preposition - with
*ḥălôtām*: infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their being sick
*ləbûšî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my clothing
*śāq*: noun, masculine singular - sackcloth
*ʿinnêtî*: perfect, 1st person singular - I afflicted
*ṣṣôm*: noun, masculine singular - fasting
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*û*: conjunction - and
*təpillātî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my prayer
*ʿal*: preposition - upon
*ḥêqî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my bosom
*tāšûb*: imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it would return

Word Meanings

*ḥălôtām*: their being sick/their illness
*ləbûšî*: my clothing/garment/attire
*śāq*: sackcloth/coarse cloth worn in mourning
*ʿinnêtî*: I afflicted/humbled/oppressed
*ṣṣôm*: fasting/abstinence from food
*napšî*: soul/life/self/person
*təpillātî*: my prayer/petition/supplication
*ḥêqî*: my bosom/lap/chest
*tāšûb*: would return/come back/revert

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 30:25 : 25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Matt 10:13 : 13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
Ps 69:10-11 : 10 When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach. 11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.
Luke 10:6 : 6 And if {G3303} a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: but if {G1161} not, it shall turn to you again.
Rom 12:14-15 : 14 Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not. 15 Rejoice with them that rejoice; {G2532} weep with them that weep.
Lev 16:29 : 29 And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you:
Lev 16:31 : 31 It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.
1 Kgs 21:27-29 : 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
Isa 58:3 : 3 Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.
Isa 58:5 : 5 Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?
Matt 5:44 : 44 but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
Matt 9:14-15 : 14 Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.

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