Psalms 129:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־גַּ֭בִּי חָרְשׁ֣וּ חֹרְשִׁ֑ים הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃

Transliteration

Upon gabbî ḥārəšû ḥōrəšîm heʾĕrîḵû ləmaʿănîtām

Grammar Details

*gabbî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my back
*ḥārəšû*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they plowed
*ḥōrəšîm*: participle, Qal masculine plural - plowers/plowmen
*heʾĕrîḵû*: verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they made long/extended
*ləmaʿănîtām*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their furrows/plowing

Word Meanings

*ḥārəšû*: plowed/engraved/cut
*ḥōrəšîm*: plowers/plowmen/engravers
*heʾĕrîḵû*: made long/extended/prolonged
*ləmaʿănîtām*: their furrows/their plowing/their cutting

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 51:23 : 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
Ps 141:7 : 7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

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