Psalms 119:17 Go deeper
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Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. (KJV)
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גְּמֹ֖לge.Moldeal bountifully
Lemma: גָּמַל (ga.mal) · Strong's: H1580
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to wean
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 21:8, Genesis 50:15, Genesis 50:17, Numbers 17:8, Deuteronomy 32:6, 1 Samuel 1:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1580; TAHOT Psalms 119:17 word 1
עַֽל\־'al-towards
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Psalms 119:17 word 2
עַבְדְּךָ֥'av.de.Khaservant your
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT Psalms 119:17 word 3
אֶֽחְיֶ֗ה'ech.YehI will live
Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
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 119:17 word 4
וְאֶשְׁמְרָ֥הve.'esh.me.Rahand I will keep
Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqc1cs)
Meaning: to keep: obey
Used 202 times. Also: Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:10, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 26:5, Genesis 37:11, Exodus 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8104G; TAHOT Psalms 119:17 word 5
דְבָרֶֽךָ\׃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 119:17 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Deal bountifully | → | גָּמַל H1580 to wean |
| with | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| Your servant | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
| that I may live | → | חָיָה H2421 to live |
| and keep | → | שָׁמַר H8104G to keep: obey |
| 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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