Psalms 119:30 Go deeper

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me . (KJV)

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דֶּֽרֶךְ\־de.rekh-a way of

Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: way: conduct

Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 6:12, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 31:35, Exodus 18:20, Exodus 32:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1870G; TAHOT Psalms 119:30 word 1

אֱמוּנָ֥ה'e.mu.Nahfaithfulness

Lemma: אֱמוּנָה (e.mu.nah) · Strong's: H0530

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: faithfulness

Used 49 times. Also: Exodus 17:12, Deuteronomy 32:4, 1 Samuel 26:23, 2 Kings 12:15, 2 Kings 22:7, 1 Chronicles 9:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0530; TAHOT Psalms 119:30 word 2

בָחָ֑רְתִּיva.Cha.re.tiI have chosen

Lemma: בָּחַר (ba.char) · Strong's: H0977

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to choose

Used 171 times. Also: Genesis 6:2, Genesis 13:11, Exodus 14:7, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 16:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0977; TAHOT Psalms 119:30 word 3

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 119:30 word 4

שִׁוִּֽיתִי\׃shi.Vi.tiI have placed

Lemma: שָׁוָה (sha.vah) · Strong's: H7737A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)

Meaning: be like

Used 14 times. Also: Esther 3:8, Esther 5:13, Esther 7:4, Job 33:27, Psalms 131:2, Proverbs 3:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7737A; TAHOT Psalms 119:30 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

I have chosen	→	בָּחַר H0977 to choose
the way	→	דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct
of truth	→	אֱמוּנָה H0530 faithfulness
I have set	→	שָׁוָה H7737A be like
Your ordinances {before me}	→	מִשְׁפָּט H4941G justice: judgement

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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