Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bibleso that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body. Young's Literal Translation And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones. King James Bible So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life. Hebrew so that Iנַפְשִׁ֑י (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion would prefer וַתִּבְחַ֣ר (wat·tiḇ·ḥar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 977: To try, select strangling מַחֲנָ֣ק (ma·ḥă·nāq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4267: Strangling, suffocation and death מָ֝֗וֶת (mā·weṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin over my life in this body. מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ (mê·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāy) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame |
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