Psalms 41:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Mine enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲ‍ֽנִי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי יְהוָ֣ה חָנֵּ֑נִי רְפָאָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י כִּי־חָטָ֥אתִי לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

ʾănî-ʾāmartî Yahweh ḥānnēnî rəpāʾâ napšî for-ḥāṭāʾtî to-you

Grammar Details

*ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*ʾāmartî*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I said
*Yahweh*: proper noun - divine name
*ḥānnēnî*: verb, Qal imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - be gracious to me
*rəpāʾâ*: verb, Qal imperative, masculine singular - heal
*napšî*: noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*ḥāṭāʾtî*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - with prefixed 'kî' conjunction ('for/because') - I have sinned
to-you: preposition 'lə' with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you

Word Meanings

*ʾāmartî*: I said/spoke/declared
*ḥānnēnî*: be gracious to me/show favor to me/be merciful to me
*rəpāʾâ*: heal/cure/restore
*napšî*: my soul/life/self/person
*ḥāṭāʾtî*: I have sinned/missed the mark/done wrong

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 18:17 : 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
Job 20:7 : 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Ps 22:6-8 : 6 But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying], 8 Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
Ps 38:12 : 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
Ps 102:8 : 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.

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