Psalms 119:120 Go deeper
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My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. (KJV)
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סָמַ֣רsa.Marit trembles
Lemma: סָמַר (sa.mar) · Strong's: H5568
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to bristle up
Used 2 times. Also: Job 4:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5568; TAHOT Psalms 119:120 word 1
מִפַּחְדְּךָ֣mi.pach.de.Khafrom dread of you
Lemma: פַּ֫חַד (pa.chad) · Strong's: H6343
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: dread
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 31:42, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 15:16, Deuteronomy 2:25, Deuteronomy 11:25, Deuteronomy 28:67 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6343; TAHOT Psalms 119:120 word 2
בְשָׂרִ֑יve.sa.Riflesh my
Lemma: בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) · Strong's: H1320
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: flesh
Used 270 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1320; TAHOT Psalms 119:120 word 3
וּֽמִמִּשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָu.mi.mish.pa.Tei.khaand from judgments your
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: justice: judgement
Used 214 times. Also: Exodus 15:25, Exodus 21:1, Exodus 21:31, Exodus 24:3, Exodus 28:15, Exodus 28:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4941G; TAHOT Psalms 119:120 word 4
יָרֵֽאתִי\׃ya.Re.tiI am afraid
Lemma: יָרֵא (ya.re) · Strong's: H3372G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to fear
Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:15, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 20:8, Genesis 21:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3372G; TAHOT Psalms 119:120 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My flesh | → | בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh |
| trembles | → | סָמַר H5568 to bristle up |
| in awe of You | → | פַּ֫חַד H6343 dread |
| I stand in fear | → | יָרֵא H3372G to fear |
| of Your judgments | → | מִשְׁפָּט H4941G justice: judgement |
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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