Psalms 119:18 Go deeper
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Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. (KJV)
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גַּל\־gal-uncover
Lemma: גָּלָה (ga.lah) · Strong's: H1540I
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)
Meaning: to reveal: uncover
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Exodus 20:26, Leviticus 18:6, Leviticus 18:7, Leviticus 18:8, Leviticus 18:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1540I; TAHOT Psalms 119:18 word 1
עֵינַ֥י'ei.Naieyes my
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Psalms 119:18 word 2
וְאַבִּ֑יטָהve.'a.Bi.tahso let me pay attention to
Lemma: נָבַט (na.vat) · Strong's: H5027
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhc1cs)
Meaning: to look
Used 68 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:26, Exodus 3:6, Exodus 33:8, Numbers 12:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5027; TAHOT Psalms 119:18 word 3
נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹתnif.la.'otwonderful [things]
Lemma: פָּלָא (pa.la) · Strong's: H6381
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HVNrfpa)
Meaning: to wonder
Used 71 times. Also: Genesis 18:14, Exodus 3:20, Exodus 34:10, Leviticus 22:21, Leviticus 27:2, Numbers 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6381; TAHOT Psalms 119:18 word 4
מִתּוֹרָתֶֽךָ\׃mi.to.ra.Te.khafrom law 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 119:18 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Open | → | גָּלָה H1540I to reveal: uncover |
| my eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| that I may see | → | נָבַט H5027 to look |
| wondrous things | → | פָּלָא H6381 to wonder |
| from Your law | → | תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction |
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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