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Psalms 88:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:”

Psalms 88:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 88:111 words
HebrewMeaning
שִׁ֥ירšiyr
a songnounH7892
sing(-er · -ing) · song
מִזְמ֗וֹרmizəmwōr
a psalmnounH4210
לִ/בְנֵ֫יlibənēy
of the sons ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
קֹ֥רַחqōraḥ
KorahnounH7141
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֣חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מָחֲלַ֣תmāḥălat
MachalathnounH4257
לְ/עַנּ֑וֹתləʿanwōt
abase selfconjH6031
afflict(-ion · self) · answer (by mistake for
מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗ילmaśəkiyl
a poemnounH4905
לְ/הֵימָ֥ןləhēymān
of HemanpronH1968
הָ/אֶזְרָחִֽיhāʾezərāḥiy
the EzrachiteparticleH250
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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