Psalms 39:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned{H8799)}: then spake{H8765)} I with my tongue,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי ד֭וּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי מִטּ֑וֹב וּכְאֵבִ֥י נֶעְכָּֽר׃

Transliteration

neʾĕlamtî dûmiyyāh heḥĕšêtî from-ṭôb and-kəʾēbî neʿkār

Grammar Details

*neʾĕlamtî*: verb, niphal perfect 1st person singular - I became mute/silent
*dûmiyyāh*: noun, feminine singular - silence/stillness
*heḥĕšêtî*: verb, hiphil perfect 1st person singular - I kept silent/refrained
*ṭôb*: adjective, masculine singular with prefixed preposition 'min' - from good
*kəʾēbî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed conjunction 'wə' - and my pain
*neʿkār*: verb, niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - was stirred up/troubled

Word Meanings

*neʾĕlamtî*: I became mute/silent/speechless
*dûmiyyāh*: silence/stillness/quiet
*heḥĕšêtî*: I kept silent/refrained from speaking/held back
*ṭôb*: good/pleasant/beneficial
*kəʾēbî*: my pain/sorrow/grief
*neʿkār*: was stirred up/troubled/agitated

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 20:9 : 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Luke 24:32 : 32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Ezek 3:14 : 14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

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