Psalms 119:154 Go deeper
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Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. (KJV)
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רִיבָ֣הri.Vahconduct !
Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7378
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to contend
Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 26:20, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22, Genesis 31:36, Exodus 17:2, Exodus 21:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7378; TAHOT Psalms 119:154 word 1
רִ֭יבִיRi.vicase my
Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7379
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: strife
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 13:7, Exodus 17:7, Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:3, Exodus 23:6, Deuteronomy 1:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7379; TAHOT Psalms 119:154 word 2
וּגְאָלֵ֑נִיu.ge.'a.Le.niand redeem me
Lemma: גָּאַל (ga.al) · Strong's: H1350A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to redeem: redeem
Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 48:16, Exodus 6:6, Exodus 15:13, Leviticus 25:25, Leviticus 25:26, Leviticus 25:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1350A; TAHOT Psalms 119:154 word 3
לְאִמְרָתְךָ֥le.'im.ra.te.Khato word your
Lemma: אִמְרָה (im.rah) · Strong's: H0565A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: word
Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 4:23, Deuteronomy 32:2, Deuteronomy 33:9, 2 Samuel 22:31, Psalms 12:6, Psalms 17:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0565A; TAHOT Psalms 119:154 word 4
חַיֵּֽנִי\׃chai.Ye.nipreserve alive me
Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)
Meaning: to live
Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Psalms 119:154 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Defend | → | רִיב H7378 to contend |
| my cause | → | רִיב H7379 strife |
| and redeem me | → | גָּאַל H1350A to redeem: redeem |
| revive me | → | חָיָה H2421 to live |
| according to Your word | → | אִמְרָה H0565A word |
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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