Psalms 41:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָ֤ה ׀ יִשְׁמְרֵ֣הוּ וִֽ֭יחַיֵּהוּ *יאשר **וְאֻשַּׁ֣ר בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְאַֽל־תִּ֝תְּנֵ֗הוּ בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ אֹיְבָֽיו׃

Transliteration

Yahweh yišmərēhû wîḥayyēhû wəʾuššar in-the-ʾāreṣ and-not-tittənēhû in-nepeš ʾōyəbāyw

Grammar Details

*Yahweh*: proper noun - divine name
*yišmərēhû*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - will keep/preserve him
*wîḥayyēhû*: verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with 'wə' conjunction - and will give life to him
*wəʾuššar*: verb, Pual perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - with 'wə' conjunction - and will be made blessed/happy
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine, singular - with prefixed 'ba' preposition ('in') - land/earth
*tittənēhû*: verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with negation 'al' and 'wə' conjunction - and do not give/deliver him
*nepeš*: noun, feminine, singular - with prefixed 'bə' preposition ('in') - soul/desire
*ʾōyəbāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his enemies

Word Meanings

*yišmərēhû*: will keep/preserve/protect/guard him
*wîḥayyēhû*: and will give life to/revive/sustain him
*wəʾuššar*: and will be blessed/made happy/prospered
*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground/territory
*nepeš*: soul/life/desire/appetite/will
*ʾōyəbāyw*: his enemies/foes/adversaries

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 1:6 : 6 And they said unto him, There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
2 Kgs 1:16 : 16 And he said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
2 Kgs 20:5-6 : 5 Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of Jehovah. 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
2 Cor 4:16-17 : 16 Wherefore we faint not; but though {G2532} our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us {G2596} more and {G5236} more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
Phil 2:26-27 : 26 since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick: 27 for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

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