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I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. (KJV)
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אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Psalms 119:8 word 1
חֻקֶּ֥יךָchu.Kei.chadecrees your
Lemma: חֹק (choq) · Strong's: H2706G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: statute: decree
Used 100 times. Also: Genesis 47:26, Exodus 5:14, Exodus 12:24, Exodus 15:25, Exodus 15:26, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2706G; TAHOT Psalms 119:8 word 2
אֶשְׁמֹ֑ר'esh.MorI will keep
Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
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 119:8 word 3
אַֽל\־'al-may not
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 119:8 word 4
תַּעַזְבֵ֥נִיta.'az.Ve.niyou forsake me
Lemma: עָזַב (a.zav) · Strong's: H5800A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to leave: forsake
Used 195 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5800A; TAHOT Psalms 119:8 word 5
עַד\־'ad-up to
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Psalms 119:8 word 6
מְאֹֽד\׃me.'Odmuchness
Lemma: מְאֹד (me.od) · Strong's: H3966
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: much
Used 300 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 4:5, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3966; TAHOT Psalms 119:8 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I will keep | → | שָׁמַר H8104G to keep: obey |
| Your statutes | → | חֹק H2706G statute: decree |
| do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| utterly | → | עַד H5704 till |
| . . . | → | מְאֹד H3966 much |
| forsake me | → | עָזַב H5800A to leave: forsake |
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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