Psalms 119:37 Go deeper
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Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. (KJV)
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הַעֲבֵ֣רha.'a.Vertake away
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674C
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)
Meaning: to pass: bring
Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 47:21, Exodus 13:12, Joshua 4:3, Joshua 4:8, Joshua 7:7, 2 Samuel 2:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674C; TAHOT Psalms 119:37 word 1
עֵ֭ינַי'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 119:37 word 2
מֵרְא֣וֹתme.re.'otfrom looking at
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Psalms 119:37 word 3
שָׁ֑וְאShav'worthlessness
Lemma: שָׁוְא (shav) · Strong's: H7723H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: vanity: vain
Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 20:7, Deuteronomy 5:11, Job 7:3, Job 15:31, Job 35:13, Psalms 31:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7723H; TAHOT Psalms 119:37 word 4
בִּדְרָכֶ֥ךָbid.ra.Khe.khain ways your
Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
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 119:37 word 5
חַיֵּֽנִי\׃chai.Ye.nipreserve alive me
Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)
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 119:37 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Turn | → | עָבַר H5674C to pass: bring |
| my eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| [away] | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| from worthless things | → | שָׁוְא H7723H vanity: vain |
| revive me | → | חָיָה H2421 to live |
| with Your word | → | דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct |
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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