Psalms

Psalm 42:3

³My tears have been my food

both day and night,

while men ask me all day long,

“Where is your God?”

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
My tears	דִמְעָתִ֣י	ḏim·‘ā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H1832 tears
have been	הָֽיְתָה־	hā·yə·ṯāh-	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
my	לִּ֬י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
food	לֶ֭חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food
day	יוֹמָ֣ם	yō·w·mām	Adverb	H3119 daytime, by day
and night	וָלָ֑יְלָה	wā·lā·yə·lāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity
while men ask	בֶּאֱמֹ֥ר	be·’ĕ·mōr	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
me	אֵלַ֥י	’ê·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to
all day long	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
Where	אַיֵּ֥ה	’ay·yêh	Interrogative	H346 Where?
is your God	אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃	’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H430 God

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.