Psalms 116:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.”

Psalms 116:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 116:39 words

HebrewMeaning

אֲפָפ֤וּ/נִיʾăpāpwniy

compassverbH661

חֶבְלֵיḥebəlēy

bandnounH2256

coast · company · cord · country ···

מָ֗וֶתmāwet

deadnounH4194

death · die

וּ/מְצָרֵ֣יwməṣārēy

distressconjH4712

pain · strait

שְׁא֣וֹלšəʾwōl

gravenounH7585

hell · pit

מְצָא֑וּ/נִיməṣāʾwniy

befallverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

צָרָ֖הṣārāh

adversarynounH6869

adversity · affliction · anguish · distress ···

וְ/יָג֣וֹןwəyāgwōn

griefconjH3015

sorrow

אֶמְצָֽאʾeməṣāʾ

befallverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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