Psalms 119:36 Go deeper

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. (KJV)

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הַט\־hat-incline

Lemma: נָטָה (na.tah) · Strong's: H5186

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)

Meaning: to stretch

Used 212 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 26:25, Genesis 33:19, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 38:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5186; TAHOT Psalms 119:36 word 1

לִ֭בִּיLi.biheart my

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Psalms 119:36 word 2

אֶל\־'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 119:36 word 3

עֵדְוֹתֶ֗יךָ'e.de.vo.Tei.khatestimonies your

Lemma: עֵדוּת (e.dut) · Strong's: H5715

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: testimony

Used 61 times. Also: Exodus 16:34, Exodus 25:16, Exodus 25:21, Exodus 25:22, Exodus 26:33, Exodus 26:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5715; TAHOT Psalms 119:36 word 4

וְאַ֣לve.'Aland may not [it incline]

Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Psalms 119:36 word 5

אֶל\־'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 119:36 word 6

בָּֽצַע\׃Ba.tza'unjust gain

Lemma: בֶּ֫צַע (be.tsa) · Strong's: H1215

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: unjust-gain

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 37:26, Exodus 18:21, Judges 5:19, 1 Samuel 8:3, Job 22:3, Psalms 30:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1215; TAHOT Psalms 119:36 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Turn	→	נָטָה H5186 to stretch
my heart	→	לֵב H3820A heart
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
Your testimonies	→	עֵדוּת H5715 testimony
and not	→	אַל H0408 not
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
covetous gain	→	בֶּ֫צַע H1215 unjust-gain

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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