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And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; (KJV)
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וַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.Marand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:2 word 1
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:2 word 2
סַֽלְעִ֥יsal.'I[is] rock my
Lemma: סֶ֫לַע (se.la) · Strong's: H5553H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: crag
Used 56 times. Also: Numbers 20:8, Numbers 20:10, Numbers 20:11, Numbers 24:21, Deuteronomy 32:13, Judges 6:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5553H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:2 word 3
וּמְצֻדָתִ֖יu.me.tzu.da.Tiand stronghold my
Lemma: מְצוּדָה (ma.tsu.dah) · Strong's: H4686B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: fortress
Used 17 times. Also: 1 Samuel 22:4, 1 Samuel 22:5, 1 Samuel 24:22, 2 Samuel 5:7, 2 Samuel 5:9, 2 Samuel 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4686B; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:2 word 4
וּמְפַלְטִי\־u.me.fal.ti-and deliverer my
Lemma: פָּלַט (pa.lat) · Strong's: H6403
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVprmsc)
Meaning: to escape
Used 26 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:44, Job 21:10, Job 23:7, Psalms 17:13, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 18:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6403; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:2 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| The LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| is my rock | → | סֶ֫לַע H5553H crag |
| my fortress | → | מְצוּדָה H4686B fortress |
| and my deliverer | → | פָּלַט H6403 to escape |
| . . . | → |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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