Psalms 42:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּאַיָּ֗ל תַּעֲרֹ֥ג עַל־אֲפִֽיקֵי־מָ֑יִם כֵּ֤ן נַפְשִׁ֨י תַעֲרֹ֖ג אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֱלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

Like-ʾayyāl taʿărōg upon-ʾăpîqê-māyim so napšî taʿărōg unto-you ʾĕlōhîm

Grammar Details

*ʾayyāl*: noun, masculine, singular with prefixed preposition kaf - 'like a deer'
*taʿărōg*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - 'pants/longs for'
*ʾăpîqê*: construct form, masculine plural of 'channels/streams'
*māyim*: noun, masculine plural - 'waters'
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my soul'
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'God'

Word Meanings

*ʾayyāl*: deer/stag/hart
*taʿărōg*: pants/longs for/yearns
*ʾăpîqê*: channels/streams/watercourses
*napšî*: my soul/my being/myself
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods (plural form used for singular deity)

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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

Ps 63:1 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
Ps 84:2 : 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
Ps 36:8-9 : 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.
Ps 43:4 : 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.
Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
John 7:37 : 37 Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
Rev 22:1 : 1 And he showed me a {G2513} river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Jer 10:10 : 10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
Ps 84:4 : 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. Selah
1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
Dan 6:26 : 26 I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, And his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
John 5:26 : 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:
Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
Exod 23:17 : 17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.
Josh 3:10 : 10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
Job 23:3 : 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

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