Psalms 107:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַעֲל֣וּ שָׁ֭מַיִם יֵרְד֣וּ תְהוֹמ֑וֹת נַ֝פְשָׁ֗ם בְּרָעָ֥ה תִתְמוֹגָֽג

Transliteration

yaʿălû šāmayim yērᵊdû tᵊhômôt napšām in-rāʿâ titmôgāg

Grammar Details

*yaʿălû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they go up
*šāmayim*: noun, masculine dual - heavens/sky
*yērᵊdû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they go down
*tᵊhômôt*: noun, feminine plural - depths/abysses
*napšām*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their soul
*rāʿâ*: noun/adjective, feminine singular with prefixed preposition bet - in trouble/evil/distress
*titmôgāg*: hithpoel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it melts/dissolves

Word Meanings

*yaʿălû*: they go up/ascend/rise
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky
*yērᵊdû*: they go down/descend/sink
*tᵊhômôt*: depths/abysses/deep waters
*napšām*: their soul/life/courage/vitality
*rāʿâ*: trouble/evil/distress/calamity
*titmôgāg*: it melts/dissolves/wastes away

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 22:14 : 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Ps 119:28 : 28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Isa 13:7 : 7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
Nah 2:10 : 10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
2 Sam 17:10 : 10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

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