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My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. (KJV)

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נַפְשִׁ֣יnaf.Shilife my

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315H

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

Meaning: soul: life

Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 1:30, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315H; TAHOT Psalms 119:109 word 1

בְכַפִּ֣יve.kha.Pi[is] in hand my

Lemma: כַּף (kaph) · Strong's: H3709G

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

Meaning: palm

Used 139 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 31:42, Genesis 40:11, Genesis 40:21, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3709G; TAHOT Psalms 119:109 word 2

תָמִ֑ידta.Midcontinually

Lemma: תָּמִיד (ta.mid) · Strong's: H8548

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: continually

Used 104 times. Also: Exodus 25:30, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 28:29, Exodus 28:30, Exodus 28:38, Exodus 29:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8548; TAHOT Psalms 119:109 word 3

וְ֝תֽוֹרָתְךָ֗ve.to.ra.te.khaand law your

Lemma: תּוֹרָה (to.rah) · Strong's: H8451

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

Meaning: instruction

Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:49, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8451; TAHOT Psalms 119:109 word 4

לֹ֣אlo'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 Psalms 119:109 word 5

שָׁכָֽחְתִּי\׃sha.Kha.che.tiI forget

Lemma: שָׁכַח (sha.khach) · Strong's: H7911

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

Meaning: to forget

Used 102 times. Also: Genesis 27:45, Genesis 40:23, Genesis 41:30, Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 4:23, Deuteronomy 4:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7911; TAHOT Psalms 119:109 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

I constantly [take]	→	תָּמִיד H8548 continually
my life	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315H soul: life
in my hands	→	כַּף H3709G palm
yet I do not	→	לֹא H3808 not
forget	→	שָׁכַח H7911 to forget
Your law	→	תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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