Psalms 107:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־אֹ֭כֶל תְּתַעֵ֣ב נַפְשָׁ֑ם וַ֝יַּגִּ֗יעוּ עַד־שַׁ֥עֲרֵי מָֽוֶת

Transliteration

all-ʾōkel tᵊtaʿēb napšām and-yaggîʿû until-šaʿărê māwet

Grammar Details

*ʾōkel*: noun, masculine singular with prefixed kol - all food
*tᵊtaʿēb*: piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it abhors
*napšām*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their soul
*yaggîʿû*: hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they reached/approached
*šaʿărê*: noun, masculine plural construct with prefixed preposition ad - to gates of
*māwet*: noun, masculine singular - death

Word Meanings

*ʾōkel*: food/eating
*tᵊtaʿēb*: it abhors/loathes/detests
*napšām*: their soul/life/appetite/being
*yaggîʿû*: they reached/approached/came to
*šaʿărê*: gates of/entrances of
*māwet*: death

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 88:3 : 3 For my soul is full{H8804)} of troubles: and my life draweth nigh{H8689)} unto the grave.
Ps 9:13 : 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Isa 38:10 : 10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Job 33:19-22 : 19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
Job 38:17 : 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Similar Verses (AI)

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Job 33:20-22
3 verses
80%
20So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
Ps 107:5-6
2 verses
80%
5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Ps 107:17
77%
17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Ps 107:19
76%
19Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
Job 6:7
76%
7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
Ps 78:30
74%
30They were not estranged{H8804)} from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
Ps 33:19
73%
19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Ps 78:18
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18And they tempted{H8762)} God in their heart by asking{H8800)} meat for their lust.
Isa 8:21
72%
21And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
Job 21:25
72%
25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
Ezek 4:17
72%
17That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Ps 107:26-28
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71%
26They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
28Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
Job 30:3-4
2 verses
70%
3For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
4Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
Prov 27:7
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7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Ps 107:9-13
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9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
12Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
Lev 11:11
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11They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
Ps 109:24
69%
24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
Isa 65:4
69%
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15And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
Isa 66:24
69%
24And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Ps 79:2
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2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given{H8804)} to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Ps 107:39
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39Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
Ps 106:28
68%
28They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Num 11:33
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33And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
Ps 105:35
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11All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
Job 36:14
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14They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
Lam 4:9
68%
9They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Ezek 4:14
68%
14Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Job 20:14
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14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
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3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Ps 59:15
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15Let them wander up and down {H8686)}{H8675)}{H8799)} for meat{H8800)}, and grudge{H8799)} if they be not satisfied{H8799)}.
Hos 7:14
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14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
Hos 9:4
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4They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
Num 21:5
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5And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Jer 16:4
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4They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Ps 18:5
67%
5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.