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I am countedנֶחְשַׁבְתִּיwithעִםthose who go downיוֹרְדֵיto the pit;בוֹרI have becomeהָיִיתִיlike a manכְּגֶבֶרwithoutאֵיןstrength,אֱיָל
Psalms 88:4
Study it in the app“I am counted with those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 88:4, word by word
- I am countedנֶחְשַׁבְתִּיnechshavti
count
To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.
Where else “nechshavti” appears- those who go downיוֹרְדֵיyorde
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yorde” appears- to the pitבוֹרvor
grave
The place where the dead go down; the grave.
Where else “vor” appears- I have becomeהָיִיתִיhayiti
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayiti” appears- like a manגֶבֶרgever
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gever” appears- strengthאֱיָלeyal
strength
Strength, vigor. It appears only once in the Bible.
Where else “eyal” appears
The context
3For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life has reached Sheol.
4 · This verse (above)
5set loose among the dead, like the pierced who lie in the grave, whom you do not remember anymore, and they from your hand have been cut off.