KJV: I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
YLT: I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
Darby: I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,
ASV: I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
אֶפְתְּחָ֣ה | I will open |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular Root: פָּתַח Sense: to open. |
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בְמָשָׁ֣ל | in a parable |
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular Root: מָשָׁל Sense: proverb, parable. |
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פִּ֑י | my mouth |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: פֶּה Sense: mouth. |
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אַבִּ֥יעָה | I will utter |
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular Root: נָבַע Sense: to flow, pour out, pour, gush forth, spring, bubble up, ferment. |
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חִ֝יד֗וֹת | dark sayings |
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: חִידָה Sense: riddle, difficult question, parable, enigmatic saying or question, perplexing saying or question. |
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קֶֽדֶם | old |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: קֶדֶם Sense: east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime. |