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Psalms 69:8

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

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מ֭וּזָרmuzarstrangeזוּרverb, hophal, passive participle, absolute — “strange”, a verb used as a describing wordH2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery(come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange(-r, thing, woman).הָיִ֣יתִיhayitibeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְאֶחָ֑יleechayto brother ; kindredאָחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to brother ; kindred”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.וְ֝נָכְרִ֗יvenakheriand strangeנׇכְרִיconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and strange”, the ordinary formH5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).לִבְנֵ֥יlivneto sonבֵּןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “to son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […אִמִּֽיimimotherאֵםnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “mother”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))dam, mother, [idiom] parting.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(69-9) I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother’s children.

Young’s Literal Translation

A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.

World English Bible

I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.

Darby Translation

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(69-9) I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπηλλοτριωμένος ἐγενήθην τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου, καὶ ξένος τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς μητρός μου·