Psalms 119:83

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{ "verseID": "Psalms.119.83", "source": "כִּֽי־הָ֭יִיתִי כְּנֹ֣אד בְּקִיט֑וֹר חֻ֝קֶּ֗יךָ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃", "text": "For *kî* I have become *hāyîṯî* like a wineskin *kənōʾḏ* in smoke *bəqîṭôr*; your statutes *ḥuqqêḵā* not *lōʾ* I have forgotten *šāḵāḥtî*.", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*hāyîṯî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I have become/I have been", "*kənōʾḏ*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - like a wineskin", "*bəqîṭôr*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - in smoke", "*ḥuqqêḵā*": "masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*šāḵāḥtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I have forgotten" }, "variants": { "*hāyîṯî*": "I have become/I have been/I am", "*nōʾḏ*": "wineskin/bottle/container made of skin", "*bəqîṭôr*": "in smoke/in vapor", "*ḥuqqêḵā*": "your statutes/your decrees/your prescribed laws", "*šāḵāḥtî*": "I have forgotten/I neglect/I ignore" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־הָ֭יִיתִי כְּנֹ֣אד בְּקִיט֑וֹר חֻ֝קֶּ֗יךָ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃

Transliteration

For kî I have become hāyîṯî like a wineskin kənōʾḏ in smoke bəqîṭôr; your statutes ḥuqqêḵā not lōʾ I have forgotten šāḵāḥtî.

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *hāyîṯî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have become/I have been
• *kənōʾḏ*: preposition + noun masculine singular - like a wineskin
• *bəqîṭôr*: preposition + noun masculine singular - in smoke
• *ḥuqqêḵā*: masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *šāḵāḥtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have forgotten

Word Meanings

• *hāyîṯî*: I have become/I have been/I am
• *nōʾḏ*: wineskin/bottle/container made of skin
• *bəqîṭôr*: in smoke/in vapor
• *ḥuqqêḵā*: your statutes/your decrees/your prescribed laws
• *šāḵāḥtî*: I have forgotten/I neglect/I ignore

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, yet I have not forgotten Your statutes.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, yet I do not forget Your statutes.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For I am become like a wine-skin{H4997} in the smoke;{H7008} Yet do I not forget{H7911} thy statutes.{H2706}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For I am become like a bottle{H4997} in the smoke{H7008}; yet do I not forget{H7911}{(H8804)} thy statutes{H2706}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For I am become like a botell in ye smoke, yet do not I forget thy statutes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For I am become like a bottel hanged in the smoke: yet I do not forget thy statutes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don't forget your statutes.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For I have become like a wine-skin black with smoke; but I still keep the memory of your rules.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don't forget your statutes.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For I am like a wineskin dried up in smoke. I do not forget your statutes.

Referenced Verses

• Job 30:30 : 30 { "verseID": "Job.30.30", "source": "ע֭וֹרִי שָׁחַ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְעַצְמִי־חָ֝֗רָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב", "text": "My *ʿôrî* *šāḥar* from upon me, and my *ʿaṣmî-ḥārâ* from *ḥōreḇ*", "grammar": { "*ʿôrî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my skin", "*šāḥar*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - becomes black/darkens", "*mēʿālāy*": "preposition with preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from upon me", "*wə-ʿaṣmî*": "conjunction with noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my bone", "*ḥārâ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - burns/is hot", "*minnî-ḥōreḇ*": "preposition with noun, masculine singular - from heat/drought" }, "variants": { "*ʿôrî*": "my skin/my hide", "*šāḥar*": "becomes black/darkens/grows dark", "*ʿaṣmî*": "my bone/my skeleton/my frame", "*ḥārâ*": "burns/is hot/is inflamed", "*ḥōreḇ*": "heat/drought/burning" } }
• Ps 119:61 : 61 { "verseID": "Psalms.119.61", "source": "חֶבְלֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֣ים עִוְּדֻ֑נִי תּֽ֝וֹרָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃", "text": "*ḥeḇlê* *rǝšāʿîm* *ʿiwwǝḏūnî* *tôrāṯḵā* not *šāḵāḥtî*", "grammar": { "*ḥeḇlê*": "masculine plural construct - cords/bands of", "*rǝšāʿîm*": "masculine plural adjective - wicked ones", "*ʿiwwǝḏūnî*": "piel perfect 3rd person plural + 1st person singular suffix - they have encircled me", "*tôrāṯḵā*": "feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*šāḵāḥtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I have forgotten" }, "variants": { "*ḥeḇlê*": "cords/ropes/snares", "*rǝšāʿîm*": "wicked ones/evil people/ungodly", "*ʿiwwǝḏūnî*": "they have encircled me/surrounded me/trapped me" } }
• Ps 119:176 : 176 { "verseID": "Psalms.119.176", "source": "תָּעִ֗יתִי כְּשֶׂ֣ה אֹ֭בֵד בַּקֵּ֣שׁ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י מִ֝צְוֺתֶיךָ֗ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי", "text": "*Tāʿîtî kəśeh ʾōḇēḏ baqqēš ʿaḇdekā kî miṣwōteḵā lōʾ šāḵāḥtî*", "grammar": { "*tāʿîtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I have wandered/gone astray", "*kə-*": "preposition - like/as", "*śeh*": "masculine singular noun - sheep/lamb", "*ʾōḇēḏ*": "qal participle masculine singular - being lost/perishing", "*baqqēš*": "piel imperative masculine singular - seek", "*ʿaḇdekā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*miṣwōteḵā*": "feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your commandments", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*šāḵāḥtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I have forgotten" }, "variants": { "*tāʿîtî*": "I have wandered/gone astray/been lost", "*śeh*": "sheep/lamb", "*ʾōḇēḏ*": "perishing/lost/destroyed/straying", "*baqqēš*": "seek/search for/look for", "*ʿaḇdekā*": "your servant/slave", "*miṣwōteḵā*": "your commandments/precepts/ordinances", "*šāḵāḥtî*": "I have forgotten/neglected/ignored" } }
• Ps 22:15 : 15 { "verseID": "Psalms.22.15", "source": "כַּמַּ֥יִם נִשְׁפַּכְתִּי֮ וְהִתְפָּֽרְד֗וּ כָּֽל־עַצְמ֫וֹתָ֥י הָיָ֣ה לִ֭בִּי כַּדּוֹנָ֑ג נָ֝מֵ֗ס בְּת֣וֹךְ מֵעָֽי׃", "text": "Like-the-*mayim* *nišpaktî* and-*hitpārədû* all-*ʿaṣmôtāy* *hāyâ* *libbî* like-*dônāg* *nāmēs* in-midst-of *mēʿāy*", "grammar": { "*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - 'waters'", "*nišpaktî*": "verb, niphal perfect, 1st person singular - 'I am poured out'", "*hitpārədû*": "verb, hithpael perfect, 3rd person common plural - 'they separate themselves'", "*ʿaṣmôtāy*": "noun, feminine plural with 1st person singular suffix - 'my bones'", "*hāyâ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'it is/has become'", "*libbî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my heart'", "*dônāg*": "noun, masculine singular - 'wax'", "*nāmēs*": "verb, niphal participle, masculine singular - 'melting'", "*mēʿāy*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - 'my inward parts'" }, "variants": { "*nišpaktî*": "I am poured out/spilled/emptied", "*hitpārədû*": "they separate themselves/are disjointed/divided", "*libbî*": "my heart/mind/inner self", "*nāmēs*": "melting/dissolving", "*mēʿāy*": "my inward parts/entrails/bowels" } }
• Ps 102:3-4 : 3 { "verseID": "Psalms.102.3", "source": "אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ ׀ מִמֶּנִּי֮ בְּי֢וֹם צַ֫ר לִ֥י הַטֵּֽה־אֵלַ֥י אָזְנֶ֑ךָ בְּי֥וֹם אֶ֝קְרָ֗א מַהֵ֥ר עֲנֵֽנִי׃", "text": "Not *tastēr* *pāneḵā* from me in *yôm* *ṣar* to me *haṭṭê*-to me *ʾāzneḵā* in *yôm* *ʾeqrāʾ* *mahēr* *ʿănēnî*", "grammar": { "*ʾal*": "negative particle - do not", "*tastēr*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect jussive, 2nd masculine singular - hide", "*pāneḵā*": "noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your face", "*mimmenî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - from me", "*bᵉyôm*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in day/when", "*ṣar*": "adjective, masculine singular - distress/trouble", "*lî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me", "*haṭṭê*": "verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine singular - incline/turn/extend", "*ʾēlay*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me", "*ʾāzneḵā*": "noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your ear", "*bᵉyôm*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in day/when", "*ʾeqrāʾ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I call", "*mahēr*": "adverb - quickly/speedily", "*ʿănēnî*": "verb, Qal imperative, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - answer me" }, "variants": { "*tastēr*": "hide/conceal", "*pāneḵā*": "your face/presence", "*ṣar*": "distress/trouble/adversity", "*haṭṭê*": "incline/turn/extend", "*ʾeqrāʾ*": "I call/cry out", "*mahēr*": "quickly/speedily/hurry", "*ʿănēnî*": "answer me/respond to me" } } 4 { "verseID": "Psalms.102.4", "source": "כִּֽי־כָל֣וּ בְעָשָׁ֣ן יָמָ֑י וְ֝עַצְמוֹתַ֗י כְּמוֹ־קֵ֥ד נִחָֽרוּ׃", "text": "For *ḵālû* in *ʿāšān* *yāmāy* and *ʿaṣmôtay* like-*qēḏ* *niḥārû*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ḵālû*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are consumed/ended", "*ḇᵉʿāšān*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in smoke", "*yāmāy*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my days", "*wᵉ*": "conjunction - and", "*ʿaṣmôtay*": "noun, feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my bones", "*kᵉmô*": "preposition - like/as", "*qēḏ*": "noun, masculine singular - firebrand/burning stick", "*niḥārû*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are burned/scorched" }, "variants": { "*ḵālû*": "consumed/ended/vanished", "*ʿāšān*": "smoke/vapor", "*ʿaṣmôtay*": "my bones/my frame", "*qēḏ*": "firebrand/burning stick/hearth", "*niḥārû*": "burned/scorched/kindled" } }
• Ps 119:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Psalms.119.16", "source": "בְּחֻקֹּתֶ֥יךָ אֶֽשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע לֹ֖א אֶשְׁכַּ֣ח דְּבָרֶֽךָ׃", "text": "In-*ḥuqqōtêḵā* *ʾeštaʿăšāʿ* not *ʾeškaḥ* *dəḇāreḵā*", "grammar": { "In-*ḥuqqōtêḵā*": "preposition *bə* + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your statutes", "*ʾeštaʿăšāʿ*": "Hithpael imperfect 1st person singular - I will delight myself", "not *ʾeškaḥ*": "negative particle + Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will not forget", "*dəḇāreḵā*": "masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your word" }, "variants": { "*ḥuqqōtêḵā*": "your statutes/decrees/ordinances", "*ʾeštaʿăšāʿ*": "I will delight myself/take pleasure/find enjoyment", "*ʾeškaḥ*": "I will forget/ignore/neglect", "*dəḇāreḵā*": "your word/speech/matter/command" } }