Psalms 3:5

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I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.	I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.	I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I laid me down^H7901 and slept^H3462; I awaked^H6974; for the LORD^H3068 sustained^H5564 me.

Original Hebrew

אֲנִי שָׁכַבְתִּי וָאִישָׁנָה הֱקִיצֹותִי כִּי יְהוָה יִסְמְכֵנִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֲנִ֥י	'a.Ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי	sha.Khav.ti	H7901	HVqp1cs	I lay down
וָֽ/אִ֫ישָׁ֥נָ/ה	va./'I.Sha.na/h	H3462	HC/Vqw1cs/Sh	and/ I slept/ !
הֱקִיצ֑וֹתִי	he.ki.Tzo.ti	H6974	HVhp1cs	I awoke
כִּ֖י	ki	H3588	HC	for
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
יִסְמְכֵֽ/נִי	yis.me.Khe./ni	H5564	HVqi3ms/Sp1cs	he sustains/ me

Strong's References

H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050, יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih) H3069.
H3462 — יָשֵׁן (yâshên, yaw-shane'): a primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate; old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
H5564 — סָמַךְ (çâmak, saw-mak'): a primitive root; to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense); bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.
H6974 — קוּץ (qûwts, koots): a primitive root (identical with קוּץ (qûwts) H6972 through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep (compare יָקַץ (yâqats) H3364)); to awake (literally or figuratively); arise, (be) (a-) wake, watch.
H7901 — שָׁכַב (shâkab, shaw-kab'): a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): contracted from אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy) H595; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

I laid — Leviticus 26:6, Job 11:18-19, Psalms 4:8, Psalms 127:2, Proverbs 3:24, Acts 12:6
the — Psalms 4:8, Psalms 66:9, Proverbs 14:26, Proverbs 18:10, Isaiah 26:3

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