Psalm 102:4

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread."

Word-by-Word Analysis

My

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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is

נָכָה

nâkâh

H5221

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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יָבֵשׁ

yâbêsh

H3001

to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)

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דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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עֶשֶׂב

ʻeseb

H6212

grass (or any tender shoot)

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so that I

שָׁכַח

shâkach

H7911

to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

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to

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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my

לֶחֶם

lechem

H3899

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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Key Terms in This Verse

withered H3001

יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh

to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)

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forget H7911

שָׁכַח shâkach

to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

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grass H6212

עֶשֶׂב ʻeseb

grass (or any tender shoot)

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smitten H5221

נָכָה nâkâh

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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bread H3899

לֶחֶם lechem

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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eat H398

אָכַל ʼâkal

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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like H1819

דָּמָה dâmâh

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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heart H3820

לֵב lêb

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:7 cross-reference

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

Psalm 37:2 cross-reference

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Acts 9:9 cross-reference

And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.

Ezra 10:6 cross-reference

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the ...

Psalm 77:3 cross-reference

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

Psalm 102:11 cross-reference

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

Psalm 42:6 cross-reference

O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

2 Samuel 12:17 cross-reference

And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

Psalm 69:20 cross-reference

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Lamentations 3:20 cross-reference

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

Job 33:20 cross-reference

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

Psalm 102:9 cross-reference

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

Job 10:1 cross-reference

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 6:4 cross-reference

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

Lamentations 3:13 cross-reference

He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

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