4{
"verseID": "Psalms.88.4",
"source": "כִּֽי־שָֽׂבְעָ֣ה בְרָע֣וֹת נַפְשִׁ֑י וְ֝חַיַּ֗י לִשְׁא֥וֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ׃",
"text": "For-*śāvəʿâ* with-*rāʿôt* *napšî* and-*ḥayyay* to-*šəʾôl* *higgîʿû*",
"grammar": {
"*śāvəʿâ*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - is full/satisfied",
"*rāʿôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - evils/troubles",
"*napšî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul",
"*ḥayyay*": "noun, masculine, plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my life",
"*šəʾôl*": "noun, feminine, singular - Sheol/grave/underworld",
"*higgîʿû*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they have approached/reached"
},
"variants": {
"*śāvəʿâ*": "is full/satisfied/satiated/had enough",
"*rāʿôt*": "evils/troubles/calamities/distresses",
"*napšî*": "my soul/life/self/being",
"*šəʾôl*": "Sheol/grave/underworld/place of the dead",
"*higgîʿû*": "they have approached/reached/touched/arrived at"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Psalms.88.5",
"source": "נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃",
"text": "*neḥšavtî* with-*yôrədê* *bôr* *hāyîtî* like-*gever* without-*ʾĕyāl*",
"grammar": {
"*neḥšavtî*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 1st person singular - I am considered/counted",
"*yôrədê*": "participle, Qal, masculine, plural construct - those going down to",
"*bôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - pit/cistern/grave",
"*hāyîtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have become/been",
"*gever*": "noun, masculine, singular - man/strong man",
"*ʾĕyāl*": "noun, masculine, singular - strength/help"
},
"variants": {
"*neḥšavtî*": "I am considered/counted/reckoned/regarded as",
"*yôrədê*": "those going down to/descending to",
"*bôr*": "pit/cistern/grave/dungeon",
"*gever*": "man/strong man/warrior/male",
"*ʾĕyāl*": "strength/help/vigor/power"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Psalms.88.6",
"source": "בַּמֵּתִ֗ים חָ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים ׀ שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣ם ע֑וֹד וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃",
"text": "Among-the-*mētîm* *ḥāpšî* like *ḥălālîm* *šōkəvê* *qever* who not *zəkartām* again and-*hēmmâ* from-*yādəkā* *nigzārû*",
"grammar": {
"*mētîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - dead ones",
"*ḥāpšî*": "adjective, masculine, singular - free/set free",
"*ḥălālîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - slain/wounded/pierced",
"*šōkəvê*": "participle, Qal, masculine, plural construct - lying in",
"*qever*": "noun, masculine, singular - grave/tomb",
"*zəkartām*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you remember them",
"*hēmmâ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - they",
"*yādəkā*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand",
"*nigzārû*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are cut off"
},
"variants": {
"*mētîm*": "dead ones/dead people/corpses",
"*ḥāpšî*": "free/set free/released/abandoned",
"*ḥălālîm*": "slain/wounded/pierced/profaned",
"*šōkəvê*": "lying in/resting in",
"*qever*": "grave/tomb/burial place",
"*nigzārû*": "they are cut off/severed/excluded"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Psalms.88.7",
"source": "שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃",
"text": "*šattanî* in-*bôr* *taḥtiyyôt* in-*maḥăšakkîm* in-*məṣōlôt*",
"grammar": {
"*šattanî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you have put me",
"*bôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - pit/cistern",
"*taḥtiyyôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - lowest parts/depths",
"*maḥăšakkîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - dark places/darkness",
"*məṣōlôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - depths/deep places"
},
"variants": {
"*šattanî*": "you have put me/placed me/set me",
"*bôr*": "pit/cistern/dungeon",
"*taḥtiyyôt*": "lowest parts/depths/deepest regions",
"*maḥăšakkîm*": "dark places/darkness/gloom",
"*məṣōlôt*": "depths/deep places/ocean depths/abyss"
}
}