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Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural">V-Hifil-Perf-3cp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4743.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4743: 1) to decay, pine away, rot, fester <BR> 1a) (Niphal) <BR> 1a1) to fester (of wounds) <BR> 1a2) to rot, rot away<BR> 1a3) to moulder away <BR> 1a4) to pine away <BR> 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to rot">4743</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4743.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4743 -- Occurrence 3 of 10">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">נָ֭מַקּוּ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/namakku_4743.htm" title="Na·mak·ku: fester -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">nā-maq-qū</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">[and] festering</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural">V-Nifal-Perf-3cp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2250.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2250: 1) bruise, stripe, wound, blow">2250</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2250.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2250 -- Occurrence 4 of 7">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/chabburotai_2250.htm" title="chab·bu·ro·Tai;: my wounds -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">ḥab-bū-rō-ṯāy;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">My wounds</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine plural construct :: first person common singular">N-fpc | 1cs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face <BR> 1a) face, faces <BR> 1b) presence, person <BR> 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) <BR> 1d) face (of animals) <BR> 1e) face, surface (of ground) <BR> 1f) as adv of loc/temp <BR> 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before <BR> 1g) with prep <BR> 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of">6440</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6440 -- Occurrence 1478 of 2128">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/mippenei_6440.htm" title="mip·pe·Nei,: because -- Occurrence 105 of 182.">mip-pə-nê,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">because</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-m :: Noun - common plural construct">Prep-m | N-cpc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/200.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 200: 1) foolishness, folly">200</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_200.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 200 -- Occurrence 1 of 25">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ivvalti_200.htm" title="'iv·val·Ti.: of my folly -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">’iw-wal-tî.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">of my foolishness</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine singular construct :: first person common singular">N-fsc | 1cs</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <br /><br /> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /><div class="vheading2">Hebrew Texts</div><div align="right"><span class="toptext"><a href="//study.interlinearbible.org/psalms/38.htm">Psalm 38:5 Hebrew Study Bible</a> (<a href="//apostolic.interlinearbible.org/psalms/38.htm">Apostolic</a> / <a href="//interlinearbible.org/psalms/38.htm">Interlinear</a>)<br></span></div><div style="direction:rtl"><span class="hebrew"><span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/887.htm" title="hiv·'i·shu: grow -- 887: to have a bad smell, to stink">הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4743.htm" title="na·mak·ku: fester -- 4743: to decay, rot, fester, pine away">נָ֭מַקּוּ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2250.htm" title="chab·bu·ro·tai;: my wounds -- 2250: a stripe, blow">חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6440.htm" title="mip·pe·nei: because -- 6440: face, faces">מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/200.htm" title="iv·val·ti.: of my folly -- 200: folly">אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/psalms/38.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2250.htm" title="chabbuwrah (khab-boo-raw') -- blueness, bruise, hurt, stripe, wound">My wounds</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/887.htm" title="ba'ash (baw-ash') -- (make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour)">stink</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4743.htm" title="maqaq (maw-kak') -- consume away, be corrupt, dissolve, pine away">and are corrupt</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6440.htm" title="paniym (paw-neem') -- + accept, a-(be-)fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you">because</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/200.htm" title="'ivveleth (iv-veh'-leth) -- folly, foolishly(-ness)">of my foolishness</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/38.htm">תהילים 38:5 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּ נָ֭מַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/38.htm">תהילים 38:5 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">הבאישו נמקו חבורתי מפני אולתי׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/38.htm">תהילים 38:5 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">הבאישו נמקו חבורתי מפני אולתי׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/38.htm">תהילים 38:5 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">הבאישו נמקו חבורתי מפני אולתי׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/psalms/38-5.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/38.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/38.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />My wounds stink <i>and</i> are corrupt because of my foolishness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/38.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">My wounds. The soul being invisible, its distempers are also so; therefore the sacred writers describe them by the distempers of the body. (See the Parallel Texts on these verses.) On reading these and similar passages, say Bp. Lowth, some, who were but little acquainted with the genius of Hebrew poetry, have pretended to enquire into the nature of the disease with which the poet was afflicted; not less absurdly in my opinion, that if they had perplexed themselves to discover in what river he was plunged, when he complains that `the deep waters had gone over his soul.'</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/38-5.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 38:5</span> My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/32-3.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 32:3</span> When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 1:5,6</span> Why should you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-22.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Jeremiah 8:22</span> Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalm 38:5</a> • <a href="/niv/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalm 38:5 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalm 38:5 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalm 38:5 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalm 38:5 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalm 38:5 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalm 38:5 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalm 38:5 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalm 38:5 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalm 38:5 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalm 38:5 German Bible</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/38-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 38:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 38:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/38-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 38:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 38:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>