Psalms 127:4 Go deeper

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. (KJV)

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כְּחִצִּ֥יםke.chi.Tzimlike arrows

Lemma: חֵץ (chets) · Strong's: H2671

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

Meaning: arrow

Used 51 times. Also: Genesis 49:23, Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 32:23, Deuteronomy 32:42, 1 Samuel 20:20, 1 Samuel 20:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2671; TAHOT Psalms 127:4 word 1

בְּיַד\־be.yad-in [the] hand of

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: hand

Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Psalms 127:4 word 2

גִּבּ֑וֹרgi.Bora warrior

Lemma: גִּבּוֹר (gib.bor) · Strong's: H1368

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: mighty man

Used 158 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 10:8, Genesis 10:9, Deuteronomy 10:17, Joshua 1:14, Joshua 6:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1368; TAHOT Psalms 127:4 word 3

כֵּ֝֗ןKenso

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Psalms 127:4 word 4

בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[are] [the] sons of

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Psalms 127:4 word 5

הַנְּעוּרִֽים\׃ha.ne.'u.Rim<the> youth<s>

Lemma: נְעוּרִים (na.ur) · Strong's: H5271A

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

Meaning: youth

Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 8:21, Genesis 46:34, Leviticus 22:13, Numbers 30:3, Numbers 30:16, 1 Samuel 12:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5271A; TAHOT Psalms 127:4 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Like arrows	→	חֵץ H2671 arrow
in the hand	→	יָד H3027G hand
of a warrior	→	גִּבּוֹר H1368 mighty man
so [are]	→	כֵּן H3651C so
children	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
[born in] one’s youth	→	נְעוּרִים H5271A youth

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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