- 1[A Song of degrees.] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרַ֑י יֹֽאמַר נָ֝א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
- 2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרָ֑י גַּ֝ם לֹא יָ֥כְלוּ
- 3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.עַל גַּ֭בִּי חָרְשׁ֣וּ חֹרְשִׁ֑ים הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ למענותם לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם
- 4The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.יְהוָ֥ה צַדִּ֑יק קִ֝צֵּ֗ץ עֲב֣וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים
- 5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.יֵ֭בֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּ֣גוּ אָח֑וֹר כֹּ֝֗ל שֹׂנְאֵ֥י צִיּֽוֹן
- 6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:יִ֭הְיוּ כַּחֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ
- 7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.שֶׁלֹּ֤א מִלֵּ֖א כַפּ֥וֹ קוֹצֵ֗ר וְחִצְנ֥וֹ מְעַמֵּֽר
- 8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.וְלֹ֤א אָֽמְר֨וּ הָעֹבְרִ֗ים בִּרְכַּֽת יְהוָ֥ה אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם בֵּרַ֥כְנוּ אֶ֝תְכֶ֗ם בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָֽה
Psalm 129 KJV
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Psalm 129 original-language research
The Hebrew lines shown beneath the KJV text come from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB) data in YHWSA. The chapter vocabulary below is ranked from verse-level Strong's tagging; grammatical particles are omitted so meaningful terms remain visible.
54 tagged Hebrew tokens38 distinct lexical entries8 of 8 verses source-tagged
יְהֹוָהH3068
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
חָרַשׁH2790
to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
מַעֲנָהH4618
a furrow
נָעוּרH5271
(only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
אָמַרH559
to say (used with great latitude)
צָרַרH6887
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
רַבH7227
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
בָּרַךְH1288
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
בְּרָכָהH1293
benediction; by implication prosperity
גַבH1354
the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc
Hebrew verse gematria
YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.
| Verse | Value | Workspace |
|---|---|---|
| Psalm 129:1 | 3,438 | study verse |
| Psalm 129:2 | 2,234 | study verse |
| Psalm 129:3 | 4,385 | study verse |
| Psalm 129:4 | 2,978 | study verse |
| Psalm 129:5 | 1,835 | study verse |
| Psalm 129:6 | 3,057 | study verse |
| Psalm 129:7 | 1,414 | study verse |
| Psalm 129:8 | 4,707 | study verse |
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