Psalms

Psalm 129:1

¹A song of ascents.

Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—

let Israel now declare—

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A song	שִׁ֗יר	šîr	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7892 song
of ascents	הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת	ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4609 what comes up
Many a time	רַ֭בַּת	rab·baṯ	Adjective - feminine singular construct	H7227 much, many, great
they have persecuted me	צְרָר֣וּנִי	ṣə·rā·rū·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H6887 bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped
from my youth	מִנְּעוּרַ֑י	min·nə·‘ū·ray	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H5271 youth, juvenility, young
let Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
now	נָ֝א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
declare	יֹֽאמַר־	yō·mar-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.