Psalms 38:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י עֲ֭וֺנֹתַי עָבְר֣וּ רֹאשִׁ֑י כְּמַשָּׂ֥א כָ֝בֵ֗ד יִכְבְּד֥וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

Transliteration

For 'ăwōnōtay 'āḇərû rō'šî; like maśśā' ḵāḇēḏ yiḵbəḏû from me

Grammar Details

*'ăwōnōtay*: plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my iniquities
*'āḇərû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they have gone over/passed over
*rō'šî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my head
*maśśā'*: noun - burden/load
*ḵāḇēḏ*: adjective - heavy
*yiḵbəḏû*: qal imperfect 3rd person plural - they are too heavy

Word Meanings

*'ăwōnōt*: iniquities/sins/guilts
*'āḇərû*: have gone over/passed over/overwhelmed
*rō'š*: head/top/chief
*maśśā'*: burden/load/lifting
*ḵāḇēḏ*: heavy/weighty/severe
*yiḵbəḏû*: are too heavy/weigh down/are burdensome

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 32:3 : 3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
Ps 38:7 : 7 For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.
Ps 69:5 : 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.
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.
Jer 8:22 : 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

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