Psalm 31:12
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁכַח
shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
כְּלִי
kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁכַח shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
Study H7911 →כְּלִי kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
Study H3627 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, ...
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
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