Psalm 72:13

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate

KJV: pity, regard, spare.

[חוּס] vb. pity, look upon with compassion

Derivation: properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

KJV: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, × as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, × both and, by (reason of), × had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, × with.

כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as

עַל, עָ֑ל

I. subst. height

II. As prep. upon, and hence on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed

a. —

(a). of clothing, etc., which any one wears

(b). With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it

b. Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him

c. Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him

d. על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him

e. חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)

f. Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is done

2. It expresses excess

3. It denotes elevation or pre-eminence

4. It expresses addition

5. It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over

6. From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)

7. In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)

8. By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative

9. With other particles:

III. As conj.

a. עַל אֲשֶׁר because that

b. עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent

c. עַל alone:

(a). because

(b). notwithstanding that, although

IV. Compounds:

1. with כְּ (rare and late)

a. as concerning, as upon

b. the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay

2. מֵעַל from upon, from over, from by

Derivation: from 1809;

properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin

KJV: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.

דַּל adj. low, weak, poor, thin (especially common in Wisd. lit. and poet.)

Derivation: from 14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling);

destitute

KJV: beggar, needy, poor (man).

אֶבְיוֹן adj. in want, needy, poor,—so, alw. abs., Dt 15:4 + 40 t.; אֶבְיֹנְךָ Ex 23:6 Dt 15:11; אֶבְיוֹנִים Am 4:1 + 14 t.; אֶבְיוֹנֵי (אֶבְיֹנֵי) Ex 23:11 Is 29:19; אֶבְיוֹנֶיהָ ψ 132:15—(Hex. only JED; mostly poet., 23 t. ψ) needy, chiefly poor (in material things); as adj. Dt 15:7, 7, 9; 24:14 ψ 109:16 (both ∥ עָנִי); elsewhere subst.; ψ 49:3 (∥ עָשִׁיר); Dt 15:4, 11; subj. to oppression & abuse Am 2:6 5:12 (both ∥ צַדִּיק) 4:1 8:6 (all ∥ דַּל) Is 32:7; Am 8:4 Ez 16:49 18:12 22:29 ψ 37:14 Jb 24:4, 14 Pr 30:14—cf. ψ 109:16 supr.—(all ∥ עָנִי) Je 5:28 (∥ יָתוֹם) 2:34; cared for by good Jb 29:16 30:25 (∥ קְשֵׁה־יוֹם) 31:19 ψ 112:9 Est 9:22; Pr 14:31 (∥ דָּל) 31:20 Je 22:16 (∥ עָנִי); care of them enjoined, negatively Ex 23:6;—cf. Dt 24:14 supr.—positively Ex 23:11 Dt 15:11 Pr 31:9 (both ∥ עָנִי)—cf. Dt 15:7, 7, 9 supr.—ψ 82:4 (∥ דַל); cared for by God Je 20:13 ψ 107:41 132:15 Jb 5:15; I S 2:8 = ψ 113:7 Is 14:30 (all ∥ דַּל) ψ 35:10 140:13 (both ∥ עָנִי), cf. Davidic king ψ 72:12 (∥ עָנִי) = v 4 בְנֵי אֶבְ׳ (∥ id.), v 13, 13 (∥ דַּל); needing help, deliverance from trouble, esp. as delivered by God ψ 9:19 12:6 40:18 = 70:6 74:21 86:1 109:22 Is 29:19 41:17 (all ∥ עָנִי) Is 25:4 (∥ דַּל) ψ 69:34 109:31.

Derivation: from 5314;

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

KJV: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.

נֶ֫פֶשׁ 756 n.f. soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion

1. = that which breathes, the breathing substance or being

2. The נפשׁ becomes a living being

3. The נפשׁ is specif.

4. The נפשׁ as the essential of man stands for the man himself

5. נפשׁ = seat of the appetites, in all periods (46 t.)

6. נ׳ = seat of emotions and passions

7. נפשׁ is used occasionally for mental acts

8. נפשׁ for acts of the will is dub.

9. נפשׁ = character is still more dub.

10. נ׳ in D

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

KJV: × at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.

[יָשַׁע] vb. Hiph. deliver; Niph. intrans. and pass.

Niph.

1. be liberated, saved (prop. placed in freedom)

2. be saved in battle, victorious

Hiph.

1. deliver, save (prop. give width and breadth to, liberate)

2. save from moral troubles

3. give victory to