Psalms 119:87 Go deeper
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They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. (KJV)
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כִּ֭מְעַטKim.'atlike a little
Lemma: מְעַט (me.at) · Strong's: H4592
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: little
Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 18:4, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4592; TAHOT Psalms 119:87 word 1
כִּלּ֣וּנִיki.Lu.nithey have made an end of me
Lemma: כָּלָה (ka.lah) · Strong's: H3615G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)
Meaning: to end: finish
Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 2:1, Genesis 2:2, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 24:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3615G; TAHOT Psalms 119:87 word 2
בָאָ֑רֶץva.'A.retzon the earth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Psalms 119:87 word 3
וַ֝אֲנִ֗יva.'a.Niand I
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 119:87 word 4
לֹא\־lo'-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 119:87 word 5
עָזַ֥בְתִּי'a.Zav.tiI have forsaken
Lemma: עָזַב (a.zav) · Strong's: H5800A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
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 119:87 word 6
פִקֻּודֶֽיךָ\׃fi.ku.v.Dei.chaprecepts 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 119:87 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| They almost | → | מְעַט H4592 little |
| wiped me | → | כָּלָה H3615G to end: finish |
| from the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| but I | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| have not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| forsaken | → | עָזַב H5800A to leave: forsake |
| Your precepts | → | פִּקּוּד H6490 precept |
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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