Psalms 119:97 Go deeper
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O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. (KJV)
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מָֽה\־mah-how!
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Psalms 119:97 word 1
אָהַ֥בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiI love
Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to love: lover
Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Psalms 119:97 word 2
תוֹרָתֶ֑ךָto.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 119:97 word 3
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Psalms 119:97 word 4
הַ֝יּ֗וֹםhai.Yomthe day
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Psalms 119:97 word 5
הִ֣יאhi'it
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Psalms 119:97 word 6
שִׂיחָתִֽי\׃si.cha.Ti[is] meditation my
Lemma: שִׂיחָה (si.chah) · Strong's: H7881
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: meditation
Used 3 times. Also: Job 15:4, Psalms 119:99 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7881; TAHOT Psalms 119:97 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Oh, how | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| I love | → | אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover |
| Your law | → | תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction |
| All | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| day long | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| it | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| is my meditation | → | שִׂיחָה H7881 meditation |
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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