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Psalms 138:8

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3068 The LORD יהוה

H1584 will perfect יגמר

H1157 that which concerneth בעדי

H3068 O LORD יהוה

H2617 me thy mercy חסדך

H5769 לעולם

H4639 the works מעשׂי

H3027 of thine own hands ידיך

H408 not אל

H7503 endureth for ever forsake תרף׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

The

H3068 LORD

will

H1584 perfect

that

which

H1157 concerneth

thy

H2617 mercy

H3068 LORD

endureth

for

ever

H7503 forsake

H408 not

the

H4639 works

thine

own

H3027 hands

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7503

Hebrew: רָפָה

Transliteration: râphâh

Pronunciation: raw-faw'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {abate} {cease} {consume} draw [toward {evening]} {fail} (be) {faint} be (wax) {feeble} {forsake} {idle} {leave} let alone ({go} {down}) (be) {slack} {stay} be {still} be {slothful} (be) weak (-en). See H7495 .

Definition:

BDB Strongs

to slacken (in many {applications} literally or figuratively)

1. to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened

a. (Qal)

1. to sink down

2. to sink, drop

3. to sink, relax, abate

4. to relax, withdraw

b. (Niphal) idle (participle)

c. (Piel) to let drop

d. (Hiphil)

1. to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake

2. to let go

3. to refrain, let alone

4. to be quiet

e. (Hithpael) to show oneself slack

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.