Psalms 121:1 Go deeper

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. (KJV)

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אֶשָּׂ֣א'e.Sa'I lift up

Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375G

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

Meaning: to lift: raise

Used 131 times. Also: Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 31:17, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5375G; TAHOT Psalms 121:1 word 1

עֵ֭ינַי'Ei.naieyes my

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: eye

Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Psalms 121:1 word 2

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Psalms 121:1 word 3

הֶהָרִ֑יםhe.ha.Rimthe mountains

Lemma: הַר (har) · Strong's: H2022G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: mountain: mount

Used 451 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2022G; TAHOT Psalms 121:1 word 4

מֵ֝אַ֗יִןme.'A.yinfrom where?

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0370

Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)

Meaning: where?

Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 29:4, Genesis 42:7, Numbers 11:13, Joshua 2:4, Joshua 9:8, Judges 17:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0370; TAHOT Psalms 121:1 word 5

יָבֹ֥אya.Vo'will it come

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Psalms 121:1 word 6

עֶזְרִֽי\׃'ez.Rihelp my

Lemma: עֵ֫זֶר (e.zer) · Strong's: H5828

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: helper

Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Exodus 18:4, Deuteronomy 33:7, Deuteronomy 33:26, Deuteronomy 33:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5828; TAHOT Psalms 121:1 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

A song	→	H7892
of ascents	→	H4609
I lift up	→	נָשָׂא H5375G to lift: raise
my eyes	→	עַ֫יִן H5869A eye
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
the hills	→	הַר H2022G mountain: mount
From where	→	אַ֫יִן H0370 where?
does my help	→	עֵ֫זֶר H5828 helper
come	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come

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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