Psalms 119:57 Go deeper

Thou art my portion, O LORD : I have said that I would keep thy words. (KJV)

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חֶלְקִ֖יchel.Ki[is] portion my

Lemma: חֵ֫לֶק (che.leq) · Strong's: H2506A

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

Meaning: portion

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 14:24, Genesis 31:14, Leviticus 6:17, Numbers 18:20, Numbers 31:36, Deuteronomy 10:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2506A; TAHOT Psalms 119:57 word 1

יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Psalms 119:57 word 2

אָמַ֗רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiI have said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

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

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Psalms 119:57 word 3

לִשְׁמֹ֥רlish.Morto keep

Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to keep: obey

Used 202 times. Also: Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:10, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 26:5, Genesis 37:11, Exodus 12:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8104G; TAHOT Psalms 119:57 word 4

דְּבָרֶֽיךָ\׃de.va.Rei.khawords your

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: word

Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Psalms 119:57 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

The LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
is my portion	→	חֵ֫לֶק H2506A portion
I have promised	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to keep	→	שָׁמַר H8104G to keep: obey
Your words	→	דָּבָר H1697G word

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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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