KJV: For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
YLT: For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.
Darby: For the enemy persecuteth my soul: he hath crushed my life down to the earth; he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
ASV: For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
רָ֘דַ֤ף | has persecuted |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: רָדַף Sense: to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after. |
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אוֹיֵ֨ב ׀ | the enemy |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: אֹיֵב Sense: (Qal) enemy. |
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נַפְשִׁ֗י | my soul |
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion. |
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דִּכָּ֣א | He has crushed |
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: דָּכָא Sense: to crush, be crushed, be contrite, be broken. |
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לָ֭אָרֶץ | to the ground |
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth. |
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חַיָּתִ֑י | my life |
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: חַי Sense: living, alive. |
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הוֹשִׁיבַ֥נִי | He has made me dwell |
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular Root: יָשַׁב Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide. |
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בְ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים | in darkness |
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural Root: מַחְשָׁךְ Sense: dark place, darkness, secrecy. |
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כְּמֵתֵ֥י | Like dead |
Parse: Preposition-k, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed. |
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עוֹלָֽם | those who have been long |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: עֹולָם Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world. |