Psalm 143:3

Hebrew	כִּ֥י רָ֘דַ֤ף אוֹיֵ֨ב נַפְשִׁ֗י דִּכָּ֣א לָ֭אָרֶץplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֶרֶץ hebrew Meaning: * Earth (e.g. Genesis 1:1) or world * Land * Countries or country The word אֶרֶץ can designate the whole of planet earth, or the inhabitable world or the national territory or ground. When coupled with heavens (שָׁמַיִם), the phrase indicates the entire created order.Genesis 12:1 חַיָּתִ֑י הוֹשִׁיבַ֥נִי בְ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם
ESV	For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
NIV	The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in darkness like those long dead.
NLT	My enemy has chased me. He has knocked me to the ground and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.
LXX	ὅτι κατεδίωξεν ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ ἐχθρὸς τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ ψυχήν μου ἐταπείνωσεν εἰς γῆνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ Meaning: * Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5) Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”. It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1 τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ ζωήν μου ἐκάθισέν με ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. σκοτεινοῖς ὡς νεκροὺς αἰῶνος
KJV	For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

^{Psalm 143:2 ← Psalm 143:3 → Psalm 143:4}

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