Psalms 119:78 Go deeper

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. (KJV)

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יֵבֹ֣שׁוּye.Vo.shulet them be ashamed

Lemma: בּוֹשׁ (bush) · Strong's: H0954

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: be ashamed

Used 126 times. Also: Genesis 2:25, Exodus 32:1, Judges 3:25, Judges 5:28, 2 Samuel 19:5, 2 Kings 2:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0954; TAHOT Psalms 119:78 word 1

זֵ֭דִיםZe.dimarrogant [people]

Lemma: זֵד (zed) · Strong's: H2086

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: arrogant

Used 13 times. Also: Psalms 19:13, Psalms 86:14, Psalms 119:21, Psalms 119:51, Psalms 119:69, Psalms 119:85 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2086; TAHOT Psalms 119:78 word 2

כִּי\־ki-for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Psalms 119:78 word 3

שֶׁ֣קֶרShe.kerfalsehood

Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) · Strong's: H8267

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

Meaning: deception

Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 5:9, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:7, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8267; TAHOT Psalms 119:78 word 4

עִוְּת֑וּנִי'i.ve.Tu.nithey have subverted me

Lemma: עָוַת (a.vat) · Strong's: H5791

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)

Meaning: to pervert

Used 11 times. Also: Job 8:3, Job 19:6, Job 34:12, Psalms 146:9, Ecclesiastes 1:15, Ecclesiastes 7:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5791; TAHOT Psalms 119:78 word 5

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 119:78 word 6

אָשִׂ֥יחַ'a.Si.achI will meditate

Lemma: שִׂיחַ (si.ach) · Strong's: H7878

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to muse

Used 20 times. Also: Judges 5:10, 1 Chronicles 16:9, Job 7:11, Job 12:8, Psalms 55:17, Psalms 69:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7878; TAHOT Psalms 119:78 word 7

בְּפִקּוּדֶֽיךָ\׃be.fi.ku.Dei.chaon precepts your

Lemma: פִּקּוּד (piq.qud) · Strong's: H6490

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

Meaning: precept

Used 24 times. Also: Psalms 19:8, Psalms 103:18, Psalms 111:7, Psalms 119:4, Psalms 119:15, Psalms 119:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6490; TAHOT Psalms 119:78 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

May the arrogant	→	זֵד H2086 arrogant
be put to shame	→	בּוֹשׁ H0954 be ashamed
for	→	כִּי H3588A for
subverting me	→	עָוַת H5791 to pervert
with a lie	→	שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception
I	→	אֲנִי H0589 I
will meditate	→	שִׂיחַ H7878 to muse
on Your precepts	→	פִּקּוּד H6490 precept

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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