Hebrew Interlinear

Psalms 38:16 Interlinear

“ For I said Hear me lest otherwise they should rejoice slippeth over me when my foot they magnify”

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Psalms 38 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	אָ֭מַרְתִּי	H559	For I said	to say (used with great latitude)
3	פֶּן	H6435		properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
4	יִשְׂמְחוּ	H8055	Hear me lest otherwise they should rejoice	probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
5	לִ֑י	H0
6	בְּמ֥וֹט	H4131	slippeth	to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall
7	רַ֝גְלִ֗י	H7272	over me when my foot	a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
8	עָלַ֥י	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
9	הִגְדִּֽילוּ׃	H1431	they magnify	to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)

Psalms 38:16 (current) For I said Hear me lest otherwise they should rejoice slippeth over me when my foot they magnify