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Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food . (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

מִצְוַ֣תmitz.Vat[the] commandment of

Lemma: מִצְוָה (mits.vah) · Strong's: H4687

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: commandment

Used 177 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 15:26, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 20:6, Exodus 24:12, Leviticus 4:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4687; TAHOT Job 23:12 word 1

שְׂ֭פָתָיוSe.fa.tavlips his

Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: lips

Used 100 times. Also: Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30, Leviticus 5:4, Numbers 30:6, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8193G; TAHOT Job 23:12 word 2

וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 23:12 word 3

אָמִ֑ישׁ'a.MishI have ceased

Lemma: מוּשׁ (mush) · Strong's: H4185

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)

Meaning: to remove

Used 19 times. Also: Exodus 13:22, Exodus 33:11, Numbers 14:44, Joshua 1:8, Judges 6:18, Psalms 55:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4185; TAHOT Job 23:12 word 4

מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗יme.chu.Kimore than portion my

Lemma: חֹק (choq) · Strong's: H2706H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: statute: portion

Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 47:22, Exodus 29:28, Leviticus 7:34, Leviticus 10:13, Leviticus 10:14, Leviticus 10:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2706H; TAHOT Job 23:12 word 5

צָפַ֥נְתִּיtza.Fan.tiI have treasured up

Lemma: צָפַן (tsa.phan) · Strong's: H6845

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to treasure

Used 29 times. Also: Exodus 2:2, Exodus 2:3, Joshua 2:4, Job 10:13, Job 14:13, Job 15:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6845; TAHOT Job 23:12 word 6

אִמְרֵי\־'im.rei-[the] words of

Lemma: אֵמֶר (e.mer) · Strong's: H0561

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: word

Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 49:21, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 32:1, Joshua 24:27, Judges 5:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0561; TAHOT Job 23:12 word 7

פִֽיו\׃Fivmouth his

Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: lip

Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 4:11, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 24:57, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 29:2, Genesis 29:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6310G; TAHOT Job 23:12 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

I have not	→	לֹא H3808 not
departed	→	מוּשׁ H4185 to remove
from the command	→	מִצְוָה H4687 commandment
of His lips	→	שָׂפָה H8193G lips
I have treasured	→	צָפַן H6845 to treasure
the words	→	אֵמֶר H0561 word
of His mouth	→	פֶּה H6310G lip
more than my daily bread	→	חֹק H2706H statute: portion

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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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