KJV: We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
YLT: We feel like the blind for the wall, Yea, as without eyes we feel, We have stumbled at noon as at twilight, In desolate places as the dead.
Darby: We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at midday as in the twilight; amongst the flourishing we are as the dead.
ASV: We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.
נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤ה | We grope for |
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural Root: גָּשַׁשׁ Sense: to feel with the hand, grope, stroke, feel. |
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כַֽעִוְרִים֙ | like the blind |
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Adjective, masculine plural Root: עִוֵּר Sense: blind. |
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קִ֔יר | the wall |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: קִיר Sense: wall, side. |
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וּכְאֵ֥ין | and as if [we had] no |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Adverb Root: אַיִן Sense: nothing, not, nought n. |
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עֵינַ֖יִם | eyes |
Parse: Noun, cd Root: עֹונָה Sense: eye. |
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נְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁה | we grope |
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural Root: גָּשַׁשׁ Sense: to feel with the hand, grope, stroke, feel. |
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כָּשַׁ֤לְנוּ | we stumble |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common plural Root: כָּשַׁל Sense: to stumble, stagger, totter. |
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בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ | at noonday |
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: צֹהַר Sense: noon, midday. |
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כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף | as at twilight |
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: נֶשֶׁף Sense: twilight. |
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בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים | in desolate places |
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: אַשְׁמָן Sense: the stout, among the stout. |
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כַּמֵּתִֽים | [We are] as dead [men] |
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed. |