Psalm 30

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VerseKJVBSBASV
11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
you turnedהָפַ֣כְתָּha-FAKH-taH2015
to overturn

הָפַךְ (ha.phakh) 1) to turn, overthrow, overturn 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to overturn, overthrow 1a2) to turn, turn about, turn over, turn around 1a3) to change, transform 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, turn, turn back 1b2) to change oneself 1b3) to be perverse 1b4) to be turned, be turned over, be changed, be turned against 1b5) to be reversed 1b6) to be overturned, be overthrown 1b7) to be upturned 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to transform oneself 1c2) to turn this way and that, turn every way 1d) (Hophal) to turn on someone

wailing myמִסְפְּדִי֮mis-pe-DIH4553
mourning

מִסְפֵּד (mis.ped) wailing

into dancingלְמָח֪וֹלle-ma-CHOLH4234
dance

מָחוֹל (ma.chol) dance, dancing

you loosenedפִּתַּ֥חְתָּpi-TACH-taH6605A
to open

פָּתַח (pa.tach) 1) to open 1a) (Qal) to open 1b) (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to free 1c2) to loosen 1c3) to open, open oneself 1d) (Hithpael) to loose oneself Aramaic equivalent: pe.tach (פְּתַח "to open" H6606)

sackcloth myשַׂקִּ֑יsa-KIH8242
sackcloth

שַׂק (saq) 1) mesh, sackcloth, sack, sacking 1a) sack (for grain) 1b) sackcloth 1b1) worn in mourning or humiliation 1b2) same material spread out to lie on

and you girded meוַֽתְּאַזְּרֵ֥נִיva-te-'a-ze-RE-niH0247
to gird

אָזַר (a.zar) 1) gird, encompass, equip, clothe 1a) (Qal) to gird, gird on (metaphorical of strength) 1b) (Niphal) be girded 1c)(Piel) hold close, clasp 1d) (Hiphpael) gird oneself (for war)

joyשִׂמְחָֽה׃sim-CHAHH8057
joy

שִׂמְחָה (sim.chah) 1) joy, mirth, gladness 1a) mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure 1b) joy (of God) 1c) glad result, happy issue

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.