Psalms 73:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

As a dream when one awaketh{H8687)}; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise{H8799)} their image.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּחֲל֥וֹם מֵהָקִ֑יץ אֲ֝דֹנָי בָּעִ֤יר ׀ צַלְמָ֬ם תִּבְזֶֽה׃

Transliteration

Kachalom mehaqitz, Adonai ba'ir tzalmam tivzeh.

Grammar Details

*Kachalom*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a dream
*mehaqitz*: preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct - from awaking
*Adonai*: noun, proper (divine title) - Lord
*ba'ir*: preposition + article + noun, feminine singular - in the city/when awakening
*tzalmam*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their image
*tivzeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will despise

Word Meanings

*chalom*: dream/vision during sleep
*haqitz*: awaking/waking up
*Adonai*: Lord/Master (divine title)
*ba'ir*: in the city/when awakening (possibly from two different roots)
*tzelem*: image/likeness/phantom
*bazah*: despise/hold in contempt

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 20:8 : 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Ps 78:65 : 65 Then the Lord awaked{H8799)} as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth{H8711)} by reason of wine.
Ps 90:5 : 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood{H8804)}; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up{H8799)}.
Isa 29:7-8 : 7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. 8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Ps 7:6 : 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted{H8799)} in vain: he heapeth up{H8799)} riches, and knoweth{H8799)} not who shall gather{H8802)} them.

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