Psalms 77:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou holdest{H8804)} mine eyes waking: I am so troubled{H8738)} that I cannot speak{H8762)}.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶזְכְּרָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֣ים וְאֶֽהֱמָיָ֑ה אָשִׂ֓יחָה ׀ וְתִתְעַטֵּ֖ף רוּחִ֣י סֶֽלָה

Transliteration

ʾezkərāh ʾĕlōhîm and-ʾehĕmāyāh ʾāśîḥāh and-tiṯʿaṭṭēp̄ rûḥî selāh

Grammar Details

*ʾezkərāh*: 1st person singular imperfect/cohortative - I remember/will remember
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun with singular meaning - God
*ʾehĕmāyāh*: 1st person singular imperfect/cohortative with waw-consecutive - and I moan/groan
*ʾāśîḥāh*: 1st person singular imperfect/cohortative - I meditate/complain
*tiṯʿaṭṭēp̄*: 3rd person feminine singular hitpael imperfect with waw-consecutive - and grows faint/overwhelmed
*rûḥî*: feminine singular noun + 1st person singular possessive suffix - my spirit
*selāh*: musical or liturgical notation

Word Meanings

*ʾezkərāh*: I remember/I call to mind/I mention
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine being
*ʾehĕmāyāh*: I moan/I groan/I am troubled
*ʾāśîḥāh*: I meditate/I complain/I muse
*tiṯʿaṭṭēp̄*: grows faint/is overwhelmed/is wrapped (in darkness)
*rûḥî*: my spirit/my breath/my mind
*selāh*: musical pause/lift up/interlude

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Esth 6:1 : 1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
Job 2:13 : 13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Job 6:3 : 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
Job 7:13-15 : 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: 15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
Ps 6:6 : 6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

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