Psalms 38:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My lovers and my friends stand{H8799)} aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand{H8804)} afar off.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לִבִּ֣י סְ֭חַרְחַר עֲזָבַ֣נִי כֹחִ֑י וְֽאוֹר־עֵינַ֥י גַּם־הֵ֝֗ם אֵ֣ין אִתִּֽי׃

Transliteration

Libbî səḥarḥar 'ăzāḇanî ḵōḥî and 'ôr-'ênay also they not with me

Grammar Details

*Libbî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my heart
*səḥarḥar*: pilpel participle - palpitating/throbbing
*'ăzāḇanî*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person suffix - it has forsaken me
*ḵōḥî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my strength
*'ôr*: construct noun - light of
*'ênay*: plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my eyes

Word Meanings

*lēḇ*: heart/mind/inner being
*səḥarḥar*: palpitating/throbbing/fluttering
*'āzaḇ*: forsake/leave/abandon
*kōaḥ*: strength/power/might
*'ôr*: light/illumination
*'ayin*: eye/sight/appearance

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 31:11 : 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Luke 23:49 : 49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
Job 19:13-17 : 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
Luke 10:31-32 : 31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
Luke 22:54 : 54 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
Job 6:21-23 : 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. 22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
Ps 88:18 : 18 Lover{H8802)} and friend hast thou put far{H8689)} from me, and mine acquaintance{H8794)} into darkness.
Isa 53:4 : 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isa 53:8 : 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Matt 26:56 : 56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
John 16:32 : 32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

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Job 19:13-15
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13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
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Job 19:18-21
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10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
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Ps 38:12
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18Lover{H8802)} and friend hast thou put far{H8689)} from me, and mine acquaintance{H8794)} into darkness.
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8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance{H8794)} far{H8689)} from me; thou hast made{H8804)} me an abomination unto them: I am shut up{H8803)}, and I cannot come forth{H8799)}.
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7All that hate{H8802)} me whisper{H8691)} together against me: against me do they devise{H8799)} my hurt.
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10They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
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5Mine enemies{H8802)} speak{H8799)} evil of me, When shall he die{H8799)}, and his name perish{H8804)}?
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1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?