Psalm 88:5
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חׇפְשִׁי
chophshîy
exempt (from bondage, tax or care)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
חָלָל
châlâl
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
שָׁכַב
shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
זָכַר
zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Key Terms in This Verse
זָכַר zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
Study H2142 →שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →שָׁכַב shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Study H7901 →Cross References
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
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