Psalms 120:2 Go deeper

Deliver my soul, O LORD , from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. (KJV)

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יְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehO Yahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Psalms 120:2 word 1

הַצִּ֣ילָהha.Tzi.lahdeliver !

Lemma: נָצַל (na.tsal) · Strong's: H5337

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)

Meaning: to rescue

Used 213 times. Also: Genesis 31:9, Genesis 31:16, Genesis 32:11, Genesis 32:30, Genesis 37:21, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5337; TAHOT Psalms 120:2 word 2

נַ֭פְשִׁיNaf.shiself my

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: soul: myself

Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:31, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 7:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315I; TAHOT Psalms 120:2 word 3

מִשְּׂפַת\־mi.se.fat-from a lip of

Lemma: שָׂפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H8193G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: lips

Used 100 times. Also: Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30, Leviticus 5:4, Numbers 30:6, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8193G; TAHOT Psalms 120:2 word 4

שֶׁ֑קֶרShe.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 120:2 word 5

מִלָּשׁ֥וֹןmi.la.Shonfrom a tongue

Lemma: לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) · Strong's: H3956G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: tongue

Used 93 times. Also: Exodus 4:10, Exodus 11:7, Joshua 10:21, Judges 7:5, 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 5:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3956G; TAHOT Psalms 120:2 word 6

רְמִיָּֽה\׃re.mi.Yahdeceit

Lemma: רְמִיָּה (re.miy.yah) · Strong's: H7423A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: deceit

Used 10 times. Also: Job 13:7, Job 27:4, Psalms 32:2, Psalms 52:2, Psalms 78:57, Psalms 101:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7423A; TAHOT Psalms 120:2 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Deliver	→	נָצַל H5337 to rescue
my soul	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315I soul: myself
O LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
from lying	→	שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception
lips	→	שָׂפָה H8193G lips
and a deceitful	→	רְמִיָּה H7423A deceit
tongue	→	לָשׁוֹן H3956G tongue

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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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