Psalms 119:82

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל֣וּ עֵ֭ינַי לְאִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ לֵ֝אמֹ֗ר מָתַ֥י תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

Fail kālû my eyes ʿênay for your word ləʾimrāṯêḵā; saying lēʾmōr when māṯay will you comfort me tənaḥămēnî.

Grammar Details

*kālû*: qal perfect 3rd person common plural - have failed/have longed
*ʿênay*: noun feminine dual construct + 1st person singular suffix - my eyes
*ləʾimrāṯêḵā*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - for your word
*lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
*māṯay*: interrogative adverb - when
*tənaḥămēnî*: piel imperfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you will comfort me

Word Meanings

*kālû*: fail/grow weak/long for
*ʿênay*: my eyes/my sight
*ʾimrāṯêḵā*: your word/your promise/your saying
*lēʾmōr*: saying/thinking/asking
*māṯay*: when/at what time
*tənaḥămēnî*: you will comfort me/you will console me

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary{H8804)} of my crying{H8800)}: my throat is dried{H8738)}: mine eyes fail{H8804)} while I wait{H8764)} for my God.
Ps 119:123 : 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Prov 13:12 : 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Isa 38:11 : 11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
Lam 2:11 : 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Ps 86:17 : 17 Shew{H8798)} me a token for good; that they which hate{H8802)} me may see{H8799)} it, and be ashamed{H8799)}: because thou, LORD, hast holpen{H8804)} me, and comforted{H8765)} me.
Ps 90:13-15 : 13 Return{H8798)}, O LORD, how long? and let it repent{H8734)} thee concerning thy servants. 14 O satisfy{H8761)} us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice{H8762)} and be glad{H8799)} all our days. 15 Make us glad{H8761)} according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted{H8765)} us, and the years wherein we have seen{H8804)} evil.
Deut 28:32 : 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

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