Psalms 119:80 Go deeper

Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. (KJV)

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יְהִֽי\־ye.hi-may it be

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqj3ms)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Psalms 119:80 word 1

לִבִּ֣יli.Biheart my

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 119:80 word 2

תָמִ֣יםta.Mimblameless

Lemma: תָּמִים (ta.mim) · Strong's: H8549H

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: unblemished: blameless

Used 27 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 17:1, Deuteronomy 18:13, Joshua 24:14, Judges 9:16, Judges 9:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8549H; TAHOT Psalms 119:80 word 3

בְּחֻקֶּ֑יךָbe.chu.Kei.chain decrees 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 119:80 word 4

לְ֝מַ֗עַןle.Ma.'anso that

Lemma: מַ֫עַן (ma.an) · Strong's: H4616

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: because

Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 12:13, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 50:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4616; TAHOT Psalms 119:80 word 5

לֹ֣אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Psalms 119:80 word 6

אֵבֽוֹשׁ\׃'e.Vo.oshI will be ashamed

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

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

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 119:80 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

May my heart	→	לֵב H3820A heart
be	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
blameless	→	תָּמִים H8549H unblemished: blameless
in Your statutes	→	חֹק H2706G statute: decree
that	→	מַ֫עַן H4616 because
I may not	→	לֹא H3808 not
be put to shame	→	בּוֹשׁ H0954 be ashamed

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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