Psalms 119:117 Go deeper
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Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. (KJV)
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סְעָדֵ֥נִיse.'a.De.niuphold me
Lemma: סָעַד (sa.ad) · Strong's: H5582
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to support
Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 18:5, Judges 19:5, Judges 19:8, 1 Kings 13:7, Psalms 18:35, Psalms 20:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5582; TAHOT Psalms 119:117 word 1
וְאִוָּשֵׁ֑עָהve.'i.va.She.'ahso let me be saved
Lemma: יָשַׁע (ya.sah) · Strong's: H3467
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVNc1cs)
Meaning: to save
Used 205 times. Also: Exodus 2:17, Exodus 14:30, Numbers 10:9, Deuteronomy 20:4, Deuteronomy 22:27, Deuteronomy 28:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3467; TAHOT Psalms 119:117 word 2
וְאֶשְׁעָ֖הve.'esh.'Ahand I may have regard
Lemma: שָׁעָה (sha.ah) · Strong's: H8159
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqu1cs)
Meaning: to gaze
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:5, Exodus 5:9, 2 Samuel 22:42, Job 7:19, Job 14:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8159; TAHOT Psalms 119:117 word 3
בְחֻקֶּ֣יךָve.chu.Kei.chafor decrees your
Lemma: חֹק (choq) · Strong's: H2706G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: statute: decree
Used 100 times. Also: Genesis 47:26, Exodus 5:14, Exodus 12:24, Exodus 15:25, Exodus 15:26, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2706G; TAHOT Psalms 119:117 word 4
תָמִֽיד\׃ta.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 119:117 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Uphold me | → | סָעַד H5582 to support |
| and I will be saved | → | יָשַׁע H3467 to save |
| that I may always | → | תָּמִיד H8548 continually |
| regard | → | שָׁעָה H8159 to gaze |
| Your statutes | → | חֹק H2706G statute: decree |
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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