Psalms 116:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י חִלַּ֥צְתָּ נַפְשִׁ֗י מִ֫מָּ֥וֶת אֶת־עֵינִ֥י מִן־דִּמְעָ֑ה אֶת־רַגְלִ֥י מִדֶּֽחִי׃

Transliteration

For ḥillaṣtā napšî from māvet ʾet-ʿênî from dimʿâ ʾet-raglî from deḥî

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ḥillaṣtā*: verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have delivered
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*mi-māvet*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from death
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʿênî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my eye
*min-dimʿâ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - from tear/weeping
*raglî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my foot
*mi-deḥî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from stumbling

Word Meanings

*ḥillaṣtā*: you delivered/you rescued/you saved
*napšî*: my soul/my life/myself
*ʿênî*: my eye/my sight
*dimʿâ*: tear/tears/weeping
*raglî*: my foot/my feet
*deḥî*: stumbling/falling/slipping

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 56:13 : 13 For thou hast delivered{H8689)} my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk{H8692)} before God in the light of the living?
Rev 21:4 : 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Ps 86:13 : 13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered{H8689)} my soul from the lowest hell.
Isa 25:8 : 8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Isa 38:5 : 5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down{H8714)}: for the LORD upholdeth{H8802)} him with his hand.
Ps 49:15 : 15 But God will redeem{H8799)} my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive{H8799)} me. Selah.
Ps 94:18 : 18 When I said{H8804)}, My foot slippeth{H8804)}; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up{H8799)}.
Judg 1:24 : 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

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