Psalm 94:17
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
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...
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
דָּמַם
dâmam
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּמַם dâmam
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
Study H1826 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →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 →Cross References
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
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