Psalms 39:10 — Word Study
WLCהָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י נִגְעֶ֑ךָ מִתִּגְרַ֥ת יָ֝דְךָ֗ אֲנִ֣י כָלִֽיתִי׃
BSAbe dumbʼâlam notlôʼ to openpâthach lippeh forkîy you(m.s.)ʼattâh to makeʻâsâh
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| הָסֵ֣ר | remove | Verb, Hiphil, imperative second person masculine singular |
| מֵעָלַ֣י | from on me | Preposition, preposition, suffix |
| נִגְעֶ֑ךָ | plague your | Noun common masculine singular construct, suffix |
| מִתִּגְרַ֥ת | from [the] hostility of | Preposition, noun common feminine singular construct |
| יָ֝דְךָ֗ | hand your | Noun common both singular construct, suffix |
| אֲנִ֣י | I | Pronoun |
| כָלִֽיתִי׃ | I have come to an end | Verb, Qal, perfect first person common singular |
Every word in the verse. Click a row to open it in the panel on the left.
| BSB | Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand. |
| KJV | Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. |
| ASV | Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand. |
| YLT | Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed. |
| WEB | Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand. |
| BBE | No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand. |
Where they part company is in the nuances of the words chosen for 'scourge' and 'perishing'.
The structure consists of a main clause followed by several phrases that clarify the source and nature of the psalmist's suffering.







8 commentators on this verse
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clause
subjectH589
verbאָלַם
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1 of 7 occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament — a word chosen on purpose.
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Deep Study — Psalms 39:10
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Context — A Prayer for Deliverance from Sufferinggenerated
Psalms 39:10 captures a moment of deep anguish where the psalmist acknowledges the heavy hand of God upon him. This verse is part of a larger reflection on the nature of divine discipline, emphasizing the psalmist's plea for relief. The surrounding verses illustrate the struggle between human frailty and God's correction, highlighting the psalmist's vulnerability and desire for mercy.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psalm 25:16–17 | Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted. |
| 2 | 1 Samuel 6:5 | Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land. |
| 3 | Job 9:34 | Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me. |
| 4 | Job 13:21 | Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me. |
| 5 | Psalm 38:3–4 | There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 6 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — הָסֵ֣ר, ha.Sergenerated
The verb הָסֵ֣ר (ha.Ser) is a Hiphil imperative, meaning 'remove' or 'take away'. It is derived from the root סוּר (sur), which means to turn aside or depart. This form indicates a command directed at God, requesting the cessation of His discipline.
The use of this imperative reflects the psalmist's urgent need for relief from suffering, emphasizing his recognition of God's authority and power. The plea is not merely for physical relief but also for spiritual restoration.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
Translations of this verse generally agree, with all versions reflecting the psalmist's request for God to remove His scourge.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The finite verb הָסֵ֣ר (ha.Ser) governs the main clause, with the subject אֲנִ֣י ('a.Ni) following it. The structure emphasizes the psalmist's direct appeal to God, with subsequent phrases elaborating on the nature of his suffering.
The syntax reflects a plea framed by the psalmist's personal experience, indicating the intensity of his distress and the desire for divine intervention.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates הָסֵ֣ר as ἐκωφώθην, which suggests a sense of being silenced or rendered mute, reflecting the weight of divine discipline.
This choice of word highlights a nuanced interpretation of the psalmist's suffering, emphasizing not just physical pain but also emotional and spiritual silence.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Psalms 39:10 expresses the psalmist's plea for God to remove His scourge, as he feels he is perishing under the weight of God's hand. This verse reflects a deep sense of distress and the desire for relief from suffering.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
The 'scourge' refers to the discipline or punishment that the psalmist feels is coming from God, indicating a sense of suffering.
He feels overwhelmed by the weight of God's hand upon him, suggesting both physical and emotional distress.
This phrase underscores the psalmist's desperation and vulnerability, highlighting the intensity of his suffering.
The verse illustrates the psalmist's recognition of God's authority in administering discipline, as well as his plea for mercy and relief.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what ways have I experienced God's discipline in my life?
- How can I better understand the purpose of suffering in my spiritual journey?
- What does it mean to me to ask God to remove burdens from my life?
- How can I express my feelings of distress to God in prayer?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early Church Fathers comment on this verse, reflecting on the nature of divine discipline and healing.
The strong hand strikes as though harshly, but it is swift to heal. If it is powerful to wound, it is also powerful when it comes to applying a remedy.Early Church Fathers on Psalms 39 →
"Remove Your stroke away from me" [Psalms 39:10]. Because it is "Thou that hast made me," let it not be Your pleasure to destroy me utterly;Early Church Fathers on Psalms 39 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Psalms 39:10 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleRemove thy stroke away from me,.... The psalmist still considers his affliction as coming from the hand of God, as his stroke upon him, and which lay as a heavy burden on him, and which God only
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Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryRemove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. Remove thy stroke - (margin, Psalms 38:11.)
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Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleBut although I may not, I will not, open my mouth to complain of thee, yet I may open it to complain and pray to thee, that thou wouldst take off the judgment which thou hast inflicted upon me. I am consumed; help me, therefore, before I be utterly and irrecoverably lost.
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John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsPsalms 39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.Ver. 10. Remove thy stroke away from me] Having first prayed off his sin, he would now pray off his pain, though it less troubled him; and for ease he repaireth to Jehovah, that healeth as well as woundeth, Hosea 6:1. - nam qui tibi vulnera fecit, Solus Achilleo tollere more potest (Ovid. Trist). I am consumed by the blow of thine hand] Heb. By the conflict or buffetings. Oh, keep out of his fingers, for it is a fearful thing to fall into them, Hebrews 10:31, Cavebis autem si pavebis.
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Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) Stroke.—See Note to Psalms 38:11. Blow.—Margin, “conflict.” A word only found here; from a root meaning rough. LXX. and Vulg. have “strength.” Calvin’s last words are said to have been a reminiscence of this verse.
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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 10. Remove thy stroke away from me] This seems to be a figure taken from gladiators, or persons contending in single combat. One is wounded so as to be able to maintain the fight no longer: he therefore gives in, and prays his adversary to spare his life. I am conquered; I can hold the contest no longer: thou art too powerful for me. He cries what our ancestors used to term craven; the word spoken by him who was conquered in the battle ordeal, or trial by combat.
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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges10–13. Petition for relief (10, 11) and respite (12, 13).
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Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleRemove thy stroke away from me - And yet this calm submission, as expressed in Psalms 39:9, does not take away the desire that the hand of God may be removed, and that the suffering that is brought upon us may cease.
Read Albert Barnes on Psalms 39 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!
Tyndale line
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Remove thy stroke away from me; I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
Take thy plague away from mee: for I am consumed by the stroke of thine hand.
Strictly literal
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.
Turn aside Your stroke from off me, || From the striving of Your hand I have been consumed.
(39:11) Remove thou thy plague away from me: from the blows of thy hand am I consumed.
Stop wounding me; I am overwhelmed by the blow of your hand.
From the Latin
I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it.
Simplified
Please stop hitting me! Your beating has worn me out!
No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text reads הָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י נִגְעֶ֑ךָ מִתִּגְרַ֥ת יָ֝דְךָ֗ אֲנִ֣י כָלִֽיתִי׃, while the Septuagint matches 4 of the 7 words. This indicates a close relationship between the two texts, with minor variations in wording.
הָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י נִגְעֶ֑ךָ מִתִּגְרַ֥ת יָ֝דְךָ֗ אֲנִ֣י כָלִֽיתִי׃
4 of the 7 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Psalms 39:10
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
סוּר (sur) is a Hebrew verb meaning to turn aside or depart. It encompasses a range of actions including removal, avoidance, and coming to an end. The word can be used in various forms, such as causing something to turn aside or be taken away. It appears in contexts involving both literal and figurative departures.
סוּר and [שׂוּר] 300 vb. turn aside
Qal
turn aside, out of one's course
depart
of lifeless things = be removed
= come to an end
Pô‛lēl he turned aside my ways (my steps)
Hiph.
cause to (turn aside,) depart, common word for remove, take away
rarer uses
Pô‛lēl be taken away, removed
base
H5493 סוּר, שׂוּר turn aside .. turn aside, out of one's course
. depart
. of lifeless things = be removed
. = come to an end
.he turned aside my ways (my steps)
. . cause to (turn aside,) depart, common word for remove, take away
. rarer uses
.be taken away, removed
5493 cuwr soor
or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}; a primitive root; to turn off
(literal or figurative):--be(-head), bring, call back,
decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous,
lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away,
down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take
(away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
סוּר (sur) — to turn aside: remove.
: remove
1) to turn aside, depart
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to turn aside, turn in unto
1a2) to depart, depart from way, avoid
1a3) to be removed
1a4) to come to an end
1b) (Polel) to turn aside
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose
1c2) to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish
1d) (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed
סוּר (sur) — to turn aside: depart.
: depart
1) to turn aside, depart
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to turn aside, turn in unto
1a2) to depart, depart from way, avoid
1a3) to be removed
1a4) to come to an end
1b) (Polel) to turn aside
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose
1c2) to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish
1d) (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed
סוּר (sur) — to turn aside: turn aside.
: turn_aside/deflect
HVhv2ms — Verb · Hiphil · imperative second person masculine singularHVhv2ms
The Hebrew word עַל (*al*) is a preposition meaning 'upon' and encompasses a wide range of meanings, including 'on account of,' 'beside,' 'above,' and 'against.' It can indicate physical placement, emotional burdens, or duties imposed on a person. The entries also note its use in idiomatic expressions and with verbs of motion. There is a mention of its function as a conjunction in certain contexts.
כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as
base
עַל, עָ֑ל
subst. height
As prep. upon, and hence on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed
—
of clothing, etc., which any one wears
With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it
Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him
Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him
על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him
חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)
H5921a עַל, עָ֑ל . As prep. upon, and hence on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against . Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed . — . of clothing, etc., which any one wears
. With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it
. Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him
. Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him
. על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him
. חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)
5921 `al al
properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the
singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a
particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always
in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great
variety of applications (as follow):--above, according
to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because
of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both
and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in
(that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than,
through(-out), to, touching, X with.
see HEBREW for 05920
עַל (al) — upon.
prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
[כִּי] עַל [כֵּן] ([ki] al [ken]) — as.
conj
HR/Rd/Sp1bs — Preposition · preposition · suffixHR/Rd/Sp1bs
נֶ֫גַע (nega`) refers to a stroke or plague, often associated with disease or a mark, particularly in the context of leprosy. It is built from the root meaning 'to strike' and encompasses various forms of affliction, including wounds and spots. The term captures both literal and metaphorical implications of injury or illness.
נֶ֫גַע 78 n.m. stroke, plague, mark, plague-spot
base
H5061 נֶ֫גַע stroke, plague, mark, plague-spot
5061 nega` neh'-gah
from 5060; a blow (figuratively, infliction); also (by
implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or
dress):--plague, sore, stricken, stripe, stroke, wound.
see HEBREW for 05060
נֶ֫גַע (ne.ga) — plague.
1) stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot
1a) stroke, wound
1b) stroke (metaphorical of disease)
1c) mark (of leprosy)
HNcmsc/Sp2ms — Noun common masculine singular construct · suffixHNcmsc/Sp2ms
[תִּגְרָה] n.f. contention, strife, hostility ψ 39:11
ref
H8409 תִּגְרָה
8409 tigrah tig-raw'
from 1624; strife, i.e. infliction:--blow.
see HEBREW for 01624
תִּגְרָה (tig.rah) — strife.
contention, strife, conflict, hostility
HR/Ncfsc — Preposition · noun common feminine singular constructHR/Ncfsc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
יָד (yad) means 'hand' and can also refer to strength or power in a figurative sense. It encompasses various technical uses, such as a sign or monument, parts or shares, and even specific components in construction, like axle-trees and supports for the laver. The word is versatile, appearing in both literal and metaphorical contexts.
יָד 1604 n.f. hand
hand
Fig. = strength, power
Fig. = side
יָד is used in various special, technical senses:—
sign, monument
part, fractional part or share
time, repetition
axle-trees
stays, supports for laver
tenons on sides of boards of tabernacle
a (beckoning) hand
יַד with prep.
base
H3027 יָד hand . hand
. Fig. = strength, power
. Fig. = side
. יָד is used in various special, technical senses:— . sign, monument
. part, fractional part or share
. time, repetition
. axle-trees
. stays, supports for laver
. tenons on sides of boards of tabernacle
. a (beckoning) hand
. יַד with prep.
3027 yad yawd
a primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power,
means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed
one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of
applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate
and remote (as follows):--(+ be) able, X about, + armholes,
at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad,
(broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, +
creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship,
force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in,
labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine,
ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain,
power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay,
draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by
them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing,
+ thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side,
יָד (yad) — hand.
: hand/arm[anatomy]
1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists
יָד (yad) — hand: power.
: hand/arm[anatomy]
1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists
יָד (yad) — hand: themselves.
: hand/arm[anatomy]
1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
HNcbsc/Sp2ms — Noun common both singular construct · suffixHNcbsc/Sp2ms
אֲנִי, transliterated as aniy, is a first-person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me.' It is often used for emphasis and can also imply possession, as in 'mine' or 'myself.' The word is derived from a form that indicates self-reference, and it appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament.
אֲנִי, אָ֑נִי pron. 1s. comm. I
base
H589 אֲנִי, אָ֑נִי I
589 'aniy an-ee'
contracted from 595; I:--I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, X
which, X who.
see HEBREW for 0595
אֲנִי (a.ni) — I.
I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis)
HPp1bs — PronounHPp1bs
The Hebrew word כָּלָה (*kalah*) is a primitive root meaning to end or finish. It encompasses a range of meanings, including to complete, accomplish, perish, and destroy. The entries indicate various uses in both intransitive and transitive forms, covering actions like finishing a task or causing something to cease. Notably, it can also imply negative connotations, such as plotting or destruction.
כָּלָה 204 vb. be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
Qal
be complete, at an end, of a period of time
be completed, finished, of a work
be accomplished, fulfilled
be idealy complete, be determined, always in a bad sense, plotted
be spent, used up (prop. come to an end), of water
waste away, be exhausted, fail
come to an end, vanish = perish, be destroyed
Pi.
complete, bring to an end, finish, a thing, task, work, etc.
complete a period of time
finish doing a thing
make an end, end
accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass
accomplish in thought, determine
put an end to, cause to cease
cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend
destroy, sts. exterminate
base
H3615 כָּלָה be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent .. . be complete, at an end, of a period of time
. be completed, finished, of a work
. be accomplished, fulfilled
. be idealy complete, be determined, always in a bad sense, plotted
. . be spent, used up (prop. come to an end), of water
. waste away, be exhausted, fail
. come to an end, vanish = perish, be destroyed
. . . complete, bring to an end, finish, a thing, task, work, etc.
. complete a period of time
. finish doing a thing
. make an end, end
. accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass
. accomplish in thought, determine
. . put an end to, cause to cease
. cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend
. destroy, sts. exterminate
3615 kalah kaw-law'
a primitive root; to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be
finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare,
consume):--accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine,
destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of),
expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X
have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make
clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
כָּלָה (ka.lah) — to end: finish.
: finish
1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be complete, be at an end
1a2) to be completed, be finished
1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled
1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense)
1a5) to be spent, be used up
1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail
1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish
1b2) to complete (a period of time)
1b3) to finish (doing a thing)
1b4) to make an end, end
1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass
1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought)
1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease
1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend
1b9) to destroy, exterminate
1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed
כָּלָה (ka.lah) — to end: destroy.
: destroy
HVqp1cs — Verb · Qal · perfect first person common singularHVqp1cs
qets, 'ephec, kalah; telos, sunteleo:
The end of anything is its termination, hence, also, final object or purpose.
It is the translation of several Hebrew and Greek words, chiefly in the Old Testament of qets (properly, "a cutting off") and other words from the same root (Ge 6:13, "The end of all flesh is come before me"); 'acharith, "hinder part," is also frequently translated "end" (De 11:12; Ps 37:37,38, American Revised Version: "There is a happy end to the man of peace .... The end of the wicked shall be cut off"; the English Revised Version "latter end" (Ps 37:37), margin "reward" or "future posterity"; Ps 73:17…
End
In Heb. 13:7, is the rendering of the unusual Greek word ekbasin, meaning “outcome”, i.e., death. It occurs only elsewhere in 1 Cor. 10:13, where it is rendered “escape.”
