Psalms 40:13
{ "verseID": "Psalms.40.13", "source": "כִּ֤י אָפְפ֥וּ־עָלַ֨י ׀ רָע֡וֹת עַד־אֵ֬ין מִסְפָּ֗ר הִשִּׂיג֣וּנִי עֲ֭וֺנֹתַי וְלֹא־יָכֹ֣לְתִּי לִרְא֑וֹת עָצְמ֥וּ מִשַּֽׂעֲר֥וֹת רֹ֝אשִׁ֗י וְלִבִּ֥י עֲזָבָֽנִי", "text": "For *ʾāpəpû-ʿālay rāʿôt* until *ʾên mispār*; *hiśśîḡûnî ʿăwōnōtay wəlōʾ-yāḵōltî lirʾôt*; they *ʿāṣəmû* more than the *śaʿărôt* of my *rōʾšî*, and my *libbî ʿăzābānî*", "grammar": { "*ʾāpəpû-ʿālay*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - 'they have encompassed me'", "*rāʿôt*": "feminine plural noun - 'evils/calamities'", "*ʾên mispār*": "particle of negation + masculine singular noun - 'there is no number/uncountable'", "*hiśśîḡûnî*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural with 1st person singular object suffix - 'they have overtaken me'", "*ʿăwōnōtay*": "masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my iniquities'", "*wəlōʾ-yāḵōltî*": "conjunction + negation + Qal perfect, 1st person singular - 'and I am not able'", "*lirʾôt*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - 'to see'", "*ʿāṣəmû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - 'they are more numerous'", "*śaʿărôt*": "feminine plural noun - 'hairs'", "*rōʾšî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my head'", "*libbî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my heart'", "*ʿăzābānî*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular object suffix - 'it has forsaken me'" }, "variants": { "*ʾāpəpû*": "they have encompassed/they have surrounded/they have hemmed in", "*rāʿôt*": "evils/calamities/troubles/distresses", "*hiśśîḡûnî*": "they have overtaken me/they have caught up with me/they have seized me", "*ʿăwōnōtay*": "my iniquities/my guilt/my sins", "*ʿāṣəmû*": "they are more numerous/they are mightier/they are stronger", "*ʿăzābānî*": "it has forsaken me/it has abandoned me/it has failed me" } }