Psalms 119:70 Go deeper
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Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. (KJV)
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טָפַ֣שׁta.Fashit is insensitive
Lemma: טָפַשׁ (ta.phash) · Strong's: H2954
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: be insensitive
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2954; TAHOT Psalms 119:70 word 1
כַּחֵ֣לֶבka.Che.levlike <the> fat
Lemma: חֵ֫לֶב (che.lev) · Strong's: H2459
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: fat
Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 4:4, Genesis 45:18, Exodus 23:18, Exodus 29:13, Exodus 29:22, Leviticus 3:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2459; TAHOT Psalms 119:70 word 2
לִבָּ֑םli.Bamheart their
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 119:70 word 3
אֲ֝נִ֗י'a.NiI
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Psalms 119:70 word 4
תּוֹרָתְךָ֥to.ra.te.Khalaw your
Lemma: תּוֹרָה (to.rah) · Strong's: H8451
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: instruction
Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:49, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8451; TAHOT Psalms 119:70 word 5
שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי\׃Shi.'a.Sha.'e.tiI delight
Lemma: שָׁעַע (sha.a) · Strong's: H8173B
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)
Meaning: to delight
Used 6 times. Also: Psalms 94:19, Psalms 119:16, Psalms 119:47, Isaiah 11:8, Isaiah 66:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8173B; TAHOT Psalms 119:70 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Their hearts | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| are callous | → | טָפַשׁ H2954 be insensitive |
| and insensitive | → | חֵ֫לֶב H2459 fat |
| but I | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| delight | → | שָׁעַע H8173B to delight |
| in Your law | → | תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction |
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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