Psalms 73:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲנִי־בַ֭עַר וְלֹ֣א אֵדָ֑ע בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת הָיִ֥יתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃

Transliteration

Wa'ani-va'ar welo eda'; behemot hayiti 'immakh.

Grammar Details

*Wa'ani-va'ar*: conjunction + pronoun, 1st person singular + noun, masculine singular - and I brutish
*welo*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*eda'*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I knew
*behemot*: noun, feminine plural - beasts/animals
*hayiti*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I was
*'immakh*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with you

Word Meanings

*ani*: I/myself
*ba'ar*: brutish/stupid/ignorant
*yada*: knew/understood/perceived
*behemot*: beasts/large animals (possibly singular with plural intensity)
*hayah*: was/became/existed
*'im*: with/beside/near

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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 92:6 : 6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
Eccl 3:18 : 18 I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] beasts.
Ps 49:10 : 10 For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
Ps 69:5 : 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.
Job 18:3 : 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [And] are become unclean in your sight?
Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [Else] they will not come near unto thee.
Isa 1:3 : 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Prov 30:2 : 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

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