Psalms 88:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲיִוָּדַ֣ע בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ פִּלְאֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צִדְקָ‪[t]‬תְךָ֗ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ נְשִׁיָּֽה׃

Transliteration

?-yiwwādaʿ in-the-ḥōšek pilʾekā and-ṣidqātəkā in-ʾereṣ nəšiyyâ

Grammar Details

*yiwwādaʿ*: verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be known
*ḥōšek*: noun, masculine, singular - darkness
*pilʾekā*: noun, masculine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your wonder
*ṣidqātəkā*: noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your righteousness
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine, singular - land/earth
*nəšiyyâ*: noun, feminine, singular - forgetfulness/oblivion

Word Meanings

*yiwwādaʿ*: it will be known/made known/recognized
*ḥōšek*: darkness/obscurity/gloom
*pilʾekā*: your wonder/marvelous work/miracle
*ṣidqātəkā*: your righteousness/justice/righteous acts
*nəšiyyâ*: forgetfulness/oblivion/land of forgetfulness

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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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

Ps 5:3 : 3 O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order [my prayer] unto thee, and will keep watch.
Ps 30:2 : 2 O Jehovah my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
Ps 119:147-148 : 147 I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words. 148 Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.
Mark 1:35 : 35 And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

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