Psalms 38:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 38:148 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/אֲנִ֣יwaʾăniy

and IconjH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

כְ֭/חֵרֵשׁkəḥērēš

am like a deaf personpronH2795

לֹ֣אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אֶשְׁמָ֑עʾešəmāʿ

I hearverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

וּ֝/כְ/אִלֵּ֗םwkəʾilēm

and like a dumb personconjH483

לֹ֣אlōʾ

who notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִפְתַּחyipətaḥ

he opensverbH6605

break forth · draw · let go free · grave ···

פִּֽי/וpiyw

mouth hisnounH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

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.

Church Fathers on Psalms 38:14

A psalm to David himself, on the remembrance of the Sabbath. 1. What does this recollection of the Sabbath mean? What is this Sabbath? For it is with groaning that he “calls it to recollection.” You have both heard already when the Psalm was read, and you will now hear it when we shall go over it, how great is his groaning, his mourning, his tears, his misery. But happy he who is wretched after this manner! Whence the Lord also in the Gospel Matthew 5:4 called some who mourn…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 38 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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