Psalms 35:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּרֵֽעַ־כְּאָ֣ח לִ֭י הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי כַּאֲבֶל־אֵ֝֗ם קֹדֵ֥ר שַׁחֽוֹתִי׃

Transliteration

Kə-rêaʿ kə-ʾāḥ lî hithalāktî; ka-ʾăbel-ʾēm qōdēr šaḥôtî.

Grammar Details

*Kə*: preposition - like/as
*rêaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - friend
*kə*: preposition - like/as
*ʾāḥ*: noun, masculine singular - brother
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
*hithalāktî*: hitpael perfect, 1st person singular - I walked about
*ka*: preposition - like/as
*ʾăbel*: noun, masculine singular construct - mourning for
*ʾēm*: noun, feminine singular - mother
*qōdēr*: adjective, masculine singular - darkened/gloomy
*šaḥôtî*: perfect, 1st person singular - I bowed down

Word Meanings

*rêaʿ*: friend/companion/neighbor
*ʾāḥ*: brother/kinsman
*hithalāktî*: I walked about/conducted myself/behaved
*ʾăbel*: mourning/grief
*ʾēm*: mother/female parent
*qōdēr*: darkened/gloomy/in mourning attire
*šaḥôtî*: I bowed down/stooped/was bent over

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 24:67 : 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
2 Sam 1:11-12 : 11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: 12 and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
2 Sam 1:17-27 : 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son 18 (and he bade them teach the children of Judah [the song of] the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar): 19 Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen! 20 Tell it not in Gath, Publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of offerings: For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan turned not back, And the sword of Saul returned not empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions. 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Who clothed you in scarlet delicately, Who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel. 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places. 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women. 27 How are the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished!
Ps 38:6 : 6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Luke 19:41-42 : 41 And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, If thou hadst known in this {G4675} day, even thou, the things which belong unto {G4675} peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

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