Psalm 143:4
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
עָטַף
ʻâṭaph
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
שָׁמֵם
shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָטַף ʻâṭaph
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
Study H5848 →שָׁמֵם shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
Study H8074 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
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