Psalms 119:163 Go deeper
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I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. (KJV)
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שֶׁ֣קֶרShe.kerfalsehood
Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) · Strong's: H8267
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: deception
Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 5:9, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:7, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8267; TAHOT Psalms 119:163 word 1
שָׂ֭נֵאתִיSa.ne.tiI hate
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to hate
Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Psalms 119:163 word 2
וַאֲתַעֵ֑בָהva.'a.ta.'E.vahand I abhor
Lemma: תַּעָב (ta.av) · Strong's: H8581
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpc1cs)
Meaning: to abhor
Used 22 times. Also: Deuteronomy 7:26, Deuteronomy 23:7, 1 Kings 21:26, 1 Chronicles 21:6, Job 9:31, Job 15:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8581; TAHOT Psalms 119:163 word 3
תּוֹרָתְךָ֥to.ra.te.Khalaw 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 119:163 word 4
אָהָֽבְתִּי\׃'a.Ha.ve.tiI love
Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to love: lover
Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Psalms 119:163 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I hate | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
| and abhor | → | תַּעָב H8581 to abhor |
| falsehood | → | שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception |
| [but] Your law | → | תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction |
| I love | → | אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover |
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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