Psalms 73:19
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. | How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! | How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| how! | אֵ֤יךְ | 'eikh | H0349A | how?אֵיךְ (ekh) interrog adv how? |
| they have become | הָי֣וּ | ha-YU | H1961 | to beהָיָה (ha.yah) 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) … |
| into a waste | לְשַׁמָּ֣ה | le-sha-MAH | H8047G | horror: destroyedשַׁמָּה (sham.mah) : destroyed/waste 1) waste, horror, appalment 1a) a waste (of land, city, etc) 1b) appalment, horror Also means: sham.mah (שַׁמָּה ": appalled" H8047H) |
| like a moment | כְרָ֑גַע | khe-RA-ga' | H7281 | momentרֶ֫גַע (re.ga) 1) a moment adv 2) for a moment, at one moment...at another moment with prep 3) in a moment |
| they come to an end | סָ֥פוּ | SA-fu | H5486 | to ceaseסוּף (suph) 1) to cease, come to an end 1a) (Qal) to come to an end 1b) (Hiphil) to make an end Aramaic equivalent: suph (סוּף "be fulfilled" H5487) |
| they are finished | תַ֝֗מּוּ | TA-mu | H8552 | to finishתָּמַם (ta.mam) 1) to be complete, be finished, be at an end 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be finished, be completed 1a1a) completely, wholly, entirely (as auxiliary with verb) 1a2) to be finished, come to an end, cease 1a3) to be complete (of number) 1a4) to be consumed, be exhausted, be spent 1a5) to be finished, be consumed, be destroyed 1a6) to be complete, be sound, be unimpaired, be upright (ethically) 1a7) to complete, finish 1a8) to be completely crossed over 1b) (Niphal) to be consumed 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to finish, complete, perfect 1c2) to finish, cease doing, leave off doing 1c3) to complete, sum up, make whole … |
| from | מִן־ | min- | H4480A | fromמִן־ (min) prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that … |
| sudden terrors | בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃ | ba-la-HOT | H1091 | terrorבַּלָּהָה (bal.la.hah) terror, destruction, calamity, dreadful event |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.