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I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. (KJV)
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בְּחֻקֹּתֶ֥יךָbe.chu.ko.Tei.chain statutes your
Lemma: חֻקָּה (chuq.qah) · Strong's: H2708
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: statute
Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:14, Exodus 12:17, Exodus 12:43, Exodus 13:10, Exodus 27:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2708; TAHOT Psalms 119:16 word 1
אֶֽשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע'esh.ta.'a.Sha'I will delight myself
Lemma: שָׁעַע (sha.a) · Strong's: H8173B
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVti1cs)
Meaning: to delight
Used 6 times. Also: Psalms 94:19, Psalms 119:47, Psalms 119:70, Isaiah 11:8, Isaiah 66:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8173B; TAHOT Psalms 119:16 word 2
לֹ֭אlo'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 119:16 word 3
אֶשְׁכַּ֣ח'esh.KachI will forget
Lemma: שָׁכַח (sha.khach) · Strong's: H7911
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
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 119:16 word 4
דְּבָרֶֽךָ\׃de.va.Re.khaword your
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: word
Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Psalms 119:16 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I will delight | → | שָׁעַע H8173B to delight |
| in Your statutes | → | חֻקָּה H2708 statute |
| I will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| forget | → | שָׁכַח H7911 to forget |
| Your word | → | דָּבָר H1697G 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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