Psalms 6:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָגַ֤עְתִּי ׀ בְּֽאַנְחָתִ֗י אַשְׂחֶ֣ה בְכָל־לַ֭יְלָה מִטָּתִ֑י בְּ֝דִמְעָתִ֗י עַרְשִׂ֥י אַמְסֶֽה׃

Transliteration

yāga'tî in-'anḥātî 'aśḥeh in-all-laylâ miṭṭātî in-dim'ātî 'arśî 'amseh

Grammar Details

*yāga'tî*: verb, qal perfect 1st person singular - I am weary
*'anḥātî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - in my groaning/sighing
*'aśḥeh*: verb, hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I cause to swim/drench
*laylâ*: noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition bet - in night
*miṭṭātî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my bed
*dim'ātî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - with my tears
*'arśî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my couch
*'amseh*: verb, hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I dissolve/melt

Word Meanings

*yāga'tî*: I am weary/I am exhausted/I am worn out
*'anḥātî*: my groaning/my sighing/my moaning
*'aśḥeh*: I cause to swim/I flood/I drench/I soak
*laylâ*: night
*miṭṭātî*: my bed
*dim'ātî*: my tears
*'arśî*: my couch/my bed
*'amseh*: I dissolve/I melt/I saturate/I make to flow

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 17:7 : 7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
Ps 38:10 : 10 My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Ps 88:9 : 9 Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
Lam 5:17 : 17 For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
Ps 31:9-9 : 9 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body. 10 For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.
Ps 32:3 : 3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.

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7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
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9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
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