King James Version

Psalms 107:18

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

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כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).אֹ֭כֶלokhelfoodאֹכֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “food”, the ordinary formH400foodeating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.תְּתַעֵ֣בtetaevabhorתַּעָבverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “abhor”, an unfinished actionH8581to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest(make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), [idiom] utterly.נַפְשָׁ֑םnafshamcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…וַ֝יַּגִּ֗יעוּvayagivand reachנָגַעconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and reach”, the next action in the storyH5060properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.שַׁ֥עֲרֵיshaaredoorשַׁעַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “door”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).מָֽוֶתmavetdeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death —

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American Standard Version (1901)

Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.

Young’s Literal Translation

All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death,

World English Bible

Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

Darby Translation

Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death —

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Their soul abhorred all meat; and they drew near to the gates of death.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πᾶν βρῶμα ἐβδελύξατο ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἤγγισαν ἕως τῶν πυλῶν τοῦ θανάτου.