Psalms

Psalm 73:21–22

²¹When my heart was grieved

and I was pierced within,

²²I was senseless and ignorant;

I was a brute beast before You.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	כִּ֭י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
my heart	לְבָבִ֑י	lə·ḇā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart
was grieved	יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ	yiṯ·ḥam·mêṣ	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2556 be sour, leavened
and I was pierced	אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃	’eš·tō·w·nān	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular	H8150 whet, sharpen
within	וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗י	wə·ḵil·yō·w·ṯay	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H3629 kidneys

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I was	וַאֲנִי־	wa·’ă·nî-	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
senseless	בַ֭עַר	ḇa·‘ar	Adjective - masculine singular	H1198 brutishness
and	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
ignorant	אֵדָ֑ע	’ê·ḏā‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3045 know
I was	הָיִ֥יתִי	hā·yî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a brute beast	בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת	bə·hê·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H929 beast, animal, cattle
before You	עִמָּֽךְ׃	‘im·māḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular	H5973 with

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 73:21 Psalm 37:7 · Psalm 73:3 · Lamentations 3:13 · Job 16:13 · Psalm 37:1

Psalm 73:22 Ecclesiastes 3:18 · Psalm 92:6 · Isaiah 1:3 · Psalm 49:10 · Psalm 32:9 · Proverbs 30:2 · Job 18:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.