Psalm 22:15
Strong's Lexicon
My strength
כֹּחִ֗י (kō·ḥî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3581: 1) strength, power, might 1a) human strength 1b) strength (of angels) 1c) power (of God) 1d) strength (of animals) 1e) strength, produce, wealth (of soil) 2) a small reptile, probably a kind of lizard, which is unclean 2a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown

is dried up
יָ֘בֵ֤שׁ (yā·ḇêš)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3001: 1) to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be dry, be dried up, be without moisture 1a2) to be dried up 1b) (Piel) to make dry, dry up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to dry up, make dry 1c1a) to dry up (water) 1c1b) to make dry, wither 1c1c) to exhibit dryness

like a potsherd,
כַּחֶ֨רֶשׂ ׀ (ka·ḥe·reś)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2789: 1) earthenware, clay pottery, shard, potsherd, earthen vessel

and my tongue
וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִי (ū·lə·šō·w·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3956: 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

sticks
מֻדְבָּ֣ק (muḏ·bāq)
Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1692: 1) to cling, stick, stay close, cleave, keep close, stick to, stick with, follow closely, join to, overtake, catch 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cling, cleave to 1a2) to stay with 1b) (Pual) to be joined together 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to cleave to 1c2) to pursue closely 1c3) to overtake 1d) (Hophal) to be made to cleave

to the roof of my mouth.
מַלְקוֹחָ֑י (mal·qō·w·ḥāy)
Noun - mdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4455: 1) booty, prey 2) jaw

You lay me
תִּשְׁפְּתֵֽנִי׃ (tiš·pə·ṯê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8239: 1) to set, place, put, ordain 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to set 1a2) to ordain, establish

in the dust
וְֽלַעֲפַר־ (wə·la·‘ă·p̄ar-)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6083: 1) dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish 1a) dry or loose earth 1b) debris 1c) mortar 1d) ore

of death.
מָ֥וֶת (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4194: 1) death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead 1a) death 1b) death by violence (as a penalty) 1c) state of death, place of death

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

Young's Literal Translation
Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put me into the dust of death.

New American Standard Bible
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death.

King James Bible
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

New Living Translation
My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.

English Standard Version
my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.

New American Standard Bible
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death.

King James Bible
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put me into the dust of death.

International Standard Version
My strength is dried up like broken pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you have brought me down to the dust of death.

NET Bible
The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

American Standard Version
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

English Revised Version
My Strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Young's Literal Translation
Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.
















Cross References
John 19:28
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

Psalm 32:4
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Psalm 38:10
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

Psalm 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Psalm 137:6
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Lamentations 4:4
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

Psalm 22:13
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

Psalm 22:12
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
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