Hebrew Interlinear

Psalms 69:11 Interlinear

I made also my garment sackcloth and I became a proverb

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וָאֶתְּנָ֣הH5414I madeto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
2לְבוּשִׁ֣יH3830also my garmenta garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
3שָׂ֑קH8242sackclothproperly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e., coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grai
4וָאֱהִ֖יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
5לָהֶ֣םH1992they (only used when emphatic)
6לְמָשָֽׁל׃H4912and I became a proverbproperly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)

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