Psalm 39

Psalms · Chapter 39

Psalms 39:3

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue:

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
it became hotחַם־cham-H2552
to warm

חָמַם (cha.mam) 1) to be hot, become warm 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be or grow warm 1a2) of passion (fig.) 1b) (Niphal) to become aroused, inflame oneself with 1c) (Piel) to warm 1d) (Hithpael) to warm oneself

heart myלִבִּ֨י׀li-BIH3820A
mind

בָּל (bal) mind, heart Aramaic of lev (לֵב "heart" H3820A)

in inner being myבְּקִרְבִּ֗יbe-kir-BIH7130G
entrails: among

קֶ֫רֶב (qe.rev) : among/within 1) midst, among, inner part, middle 1a) inward part 1a1) physical sense 1a2) as seat of thought and emotion 1a3) as faculty of thought and emotion 1b) in the midst, among, from among (of a number of persons) 1c) entrails (of sacrificial animals) Also means: qe.rev (קֶ֫רֶב ": inner_parts" H7130H)

in sighing myבַּהֲגִיגִ֥יba-ha-gi-GIH1901
meditation

הָגִיג (ha.gig) 1) whisper, musing, murmuring 1a) murmuring 1b) musing

it burnedתִבְעַר־tiv-'ar-H1197A
to burn: burn

בָּעַר (ba.ar) : burn/ignite 1) to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to begin to burn, be kindled, start burning 1a2) to burn, be burning 1a3) to burn, consume 1a4) Jehovah's wrath, human wrath (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to kindle, burn 1b2) to consume, remove (of guilt) (fig.) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to kindle 1c2) to burn up 1c3) to consume (destroy) 1d) (Pual) to burn

fireאֵ֑שׁ'EshH0784
fire

אֵשׁ (esh) 1) fire 1a) fire, flames 1b) supernatural fire (accompanying theophany) 1c) fire (for cooking, roasting, parching) 1d) altar-fire 1e) God's anger (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: esh (אֶשָּׁא "fire" H0785)

I spokeדִּ֝בַּ֗רְתִּיdi-BAR-tiH1696G
to speak: speak

דָבַר (da.var) : speak/tell/command 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing 1a) (Qal) to speak 1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to speak 1c2) to promise 1d) (Pual) to be spoken 1e) (Hithpael) to speak 1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight

with tongue myבִּלְשֽׁוֹנִי׃bil-SHO-niH3956G
tongue

לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) : tongue/words 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

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