Psalms 143:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.”

Psalms 143:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 143:311 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֥יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

רָ֘דַ֤ףrādap

chaseverbH7291

put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···

אוֹיֵ֨בʾwōyēb

enemyverbH341

foe

נַפְשִׁ֗/יnapəšiy

anynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

דִּכָּ֣אdikāʾ

beat to piecesverbH1792

break · bruise · contrite · crush ···

לָ֭/אָרֶץlāʾāreṣ

earthpronH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

חַיָּתִ֑/יḥayātiy

alivenounH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

הוֹשִׁיבַ֥/נִיhwōšiybaniy

abideverbH3427

continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···

בְ֝/מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗יםbəmaḥăšakiym

dark(-nesspronH4285

place)

כְּ/מֵתֵ֥יkəmētēy

dead (bodypronH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

עוֹלָֽםʿwōlām

alwaynounH5769

ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···

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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