Psalms 39:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: [Then] spake I with my tongue:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי ד֭וּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי מִטּ֑וֹב וּכְאֵבִ֥י נֶעְכָּֽר׃

Transliteration

neʾĕlamtî dûmiyyāh heḥĕšêtî from-ṭôb and-kəʾēbî neʿkār

Grammar Details

*neʾĕlamtî*: verb, niphal perfect 1st person singular - I became mute/silent
*dûmiyyāh*: noun, feminine singular - silence/stillness
*heḥĕšêtî*: verb, hiphil perfect 1st person singular - I kept silent/refrained
*ṭôb*: adjective, masculine singular with prefixed preposition 'min' - from good
*kəʾēbî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed conjunction 'wə' - and my pain
*neʿkār*: verb, niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - was stirred up/troubled

Word Meanings

*neʾĕlamtî*: I became mute/silent/speechless
*dûmiyyāh*: silence/stillness/quiet
*heḥĕšêtî*: I kept silent/refrained from speaking/held back
*ṭôb*: good/pleasant/beneficial
*kəʾēbî*: my pain/sorrow/grief
*neʿkār*: was stirred up/troubled/agitated

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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

Jer 20:9 : 9 And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot [contain].
Luke 24:32 : 32 And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, {G2532} while he opened to us the scriptures?
Ezek 3:14 : 14 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.

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