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Psalm 38

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Psalms 38— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Psalms 38:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

יְֽהוָ֗הyahwehO YahwehH3068אַל־ʾal-may notH408בְּקֶצְפְּךָ֥beketzpechain anger yourH7110תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִיtokhicheniyou rebuke meH3198וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥uvachamatekhaand in wrath yourH2534תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃teyaserenimay you chasten meH3256

Rashi on Psalms 38:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
A song of David, to make remembrance To recite it in time of distress, to make remembrance of the distress of Israel before the Holy One, blessed be He, and he recited it as relating to all Israel.

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Psalms 38:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיְנַקְשׁ֤וּ׀vaynakshuand they set trapsH5367מְבַקְשֵׁ֬יmevakshei[those who] seekH1245נַפְשִׁ֗יnafshi<of> life myH5315וְדֹרְשֵׁ֣יvedoresheiand [those who] seekH1875רָ֭עָתִיraati<of> harm myH7451דִּבְּר֣וּdiberuthey have spokenH1696הַוּ֑וֹתhavotdestruction<s>H1942וּ֝מִרְמ֗וֹתumirmotand deceit<s>H4820כָּל־kol-allH3605הַיּ֥וֹםhaiyomthe dayH3117יֶהְגּֽוּ׃yehguthey deviseH1897

Rashi on Psalms 38:12

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
stand aloof from my affliction Those who appear to me as lovers in time of their pleasure, and when they see that the affliction comes upon me, they do not stand up for me in the time of my strait, but stand aloof and do not aid me.

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Psalms 38:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַאֲנִ֣יvaaniand IH589כְ֭חֵרֵשׁkhecheresh[am] like a deaf [person]H2795לֹ֣אlo'notH3808אֶשְׁמָ֑עʾeshma'I hearH8085וּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗םukheilemand like a dumb [person]H483לֹ֣אlo'[who] notH3808יִפְתַּח־yiftach-he opensH6605פִּֽיו׃pivmouth hisH6310

Rashi on Psalms 38:13

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
And those who seek my life lay traps They seek traps for me.

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Psalms 38:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וָאֱהִ֗יvaehiand I have becomeH1961כְּ֭אִישׁkeishlike a manH376אֲשֶׁ֣רʾasherwhoH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808שֹׁמֵ֑עַshomea'[is] hearingH8085וְאֵ֥יןveeinand there notH369בְּ֝פִ֗יוbefivin mouth hisH6310תּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃tokhachot[are] argumentsH8433

Rashi on Psalms 38:14

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
But I am as a deaf person Israel hears their reproach from the nations but does not respond. Why? Because I hoped for You, O Lord, that You would redeem me and save me from them.

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