Psalms 119:20 Go deeper
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My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. (KJV)
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גָּרְסָ֣הga.re.Sahit is crushed
Lemma: גָּרַס (ga.ras) · Strong's: H1638
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to break
Used 2 times. Also: Lamentations 3:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1638; TAHOT Psalms 119:20 word 1
נַפְשִׁ֣יnaf.Shiself my
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul
Used 245 times. Also: Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 35:18, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 23:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315G; TAHOT Psalms 119:20 word 2
לְתַאֲבָ֑הle.ta.'a.Vahfor longing
Lemma: תַּאֲבָה (ta.a.vah) · Strong's: H8375
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: longing
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8375; TAHOT Psalms 119:20 word 3
אֶֽל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Psalms 119:20 word 4
מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָmish.pa.Tei.khajudgments your
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: justice: judgement
Used 214 times. Also: Exodus 15:25, Exodus 21:1, Exodus 21:31, Exodus 24:3, Exodus 28:15, Exodus 28:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4941G; TAHOT Psalms 119:20 word 5
בְכָל\־ve.khol-at every
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Psalms 119:20 word 6
עֵֽת\׃'Ettime
Lemma: עֵת (et) · Strong's: H6256
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: time
Used 296 times. Also: Genesis 8:11, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 24:11, Genesis 29:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6256; TAHOT Psalms 119:20 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My soul | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul |
| is consumed | → | גָּרַס H1638 to break |
| with longing | → | תַּאֲבָה H8375 longing |
| for | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Your judgments | → | מִשְׁפָּט H4941G justice: judgement |
| at all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| times | → | עֵת H6256 time |
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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