Psalms 143:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פֵּרַ֣שְׂתִּי יָדַ֣י אֵלֶ֑יךָ נַפְשִׁ֓י ׀ כְּאֶֽרֶץ־עֲיֵפָ֖ה לְךָ֣ סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

Pēraśtî yāḏay to 'ēleḵā; nap̄šî like 'ereṣ-'ăyēp̄āh to leḵā selāh.

Grammar Details

*Pēraśtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I spread out
*yāḏay*: noun, feminine, dual + 1st person singular suffix - my hands
*'ēleḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*nap̄šî*: noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*ke'ereṣ-'ăyēp̄āh*: preposition kaf + noun, feminine, singular + adjective, feminine, singular - like land weary
*leḵā*: preposition lamed + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*selāh*: interjection - selah/pause

Word Meanings

*Pēraśtî*: I spread out/I stretch out/I extend
*yāḏay*: my hands/my arms
*nap̄šî*: my soul/my life/myself
*'ereṣ-'ăyēp̄āh*: weary land/parched land/thirsty ground
*selāh*: musical notation/pause/lift up

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 63:1 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek{H8762)} thee: my soul thirsteth{H8804)} for thee, my flesh longeth{H8804)} for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Job 11:13 : 13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Ps 88:9 : 9 Mine eye mourneth{H8804)} by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called{H8804)} daily upon thee, I have stretched out{H8765)} my hands unto thee.
Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Isa 35:7 : 7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
John 7:37 : 37 {G1161} In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Ps 42:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Maschil{H8688)}, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth{H8799)} after the water brooks, so panteth{H8799)} my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth{H8804)} for God, for the living God: when shall I come{H8799)} and appear{H8735)} before God?
Ps 44:20 : 20 If we have forgotten{H8804)} the name of our God, or stretched out{H8799)} our hands to a strange{H8801)} god;
Ps 84:2 : 2 My soul longeth{H8738)}, yea, even fainteth{H8804)} for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out{H8762)} for the living God.

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