Psalms 35:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I behaved as if they were my friend or brother; I mourned as one mourning for a mother, bowed down in sorrow.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּרֵֽעַ־כְּאָ֣ח לִ֭י הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי כַּאֲבֶל־אֵ֝֗ם קֹדֵ֥ר שַׁחֽוֹתִי׃

Transliteration

Kə-rêaʿ kə-ʾāḥ lî hithalāktî; ka-ʾăbel-ʾēm qōdēr šaḥôtî.

Grammar Details

• *Kə*: preposition - like/as
• *rêaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - friend
• *kə*: preposition - like/as
• *ʾāḥ*: noun, masculine singular - brother
• *lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
• *hithalāktî*: hitpael perfect, 1st person singular - I walked about
• *ka*: preposition - like/as
• *ʾăbel*: noun, masculine singular construct - mourning for
• *ʾēm*: noun, feminine singular - mother
• *qōdēr*: adjective, masculine singular - darkened/gloomy
• *šaḥôtî*: perfect, 1st person singular - I bowed down

Word Meanings

• *rêaʿ*: friend/companion/neighbor
• *ʾāḥ*: brother/kinsman
• *hithalāktî*: I walked about/conducted myself/behaved
• *ʾăbel*: mourning/grief
• *ʾēm*: mother/female parent
• *qōdēr*: darkened/gloomy/in mourning attire
• *šaḥôtî*: I bowed down/stooped/was bent over

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down{H8804)} heavily{H8802)}, as one that mourneth for his mother.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I behaued myself as though it had bene my frende or my brother, I wete heuely, as one yt mourneth for his mother.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I behaued my selfe as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my selfe, mourning as one that bewaileth his mother.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I kept them company whersoeuer they went, as though they had ben my frende or brother: I went heauyly, as one that mourned for his mother.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  As `if' a friend, as `if' my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 24:67 : 67 Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. She became his wife, and he loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
• 2 Sam 1:11-12 : 11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same. 12 They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul, for Jonathan his son, for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
• 2 Sam 1:17-27 : 17 David sang this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan: 18 He ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow, as it is written in the Book of Jashar: 19 Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your high places. How the mighty have fallen! 20 Do not tell it in Gath, do not announce it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult. 21 O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, nor fields of offerings! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled—the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, from the flesh of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely, in life and in death they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. 24 O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold. 25 How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan lies slain on your high places. 26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more than the love of women. 27 How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!
• Ps 38:6 : 6 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.
• Luke 19:41-42 : 41 As he approached and saw the city, he wept over it. 42 He said, 'If you had known on this day, even you, the things that would bring you peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.'