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I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, (KJV)
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אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518H
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if: surely no
Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 14:23, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 24:33, Genesis 42:15, Leviticus 27:26, Numbers 11:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518H; TAHOT Psalms 132:4 word 1
אֶתֵּ֣ן'e.TenI will give
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Psalms 132:4 word 2
שְׁנַ֣תshe.Natsleep
Lemma: שְׁנָת (she.nat) · Strong's: H8153
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: sleep
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8153; TAHOT Psalms 132:4 word 3
לְעֵינָ֑יle.'ei.Naito eyes 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 132:4 word 4
לְֽעַפְעַפַּ֥יle.'af.'a.Paito eyelids my
Lemma: עַפְעַף (aph.aph) · Strong's: H6079
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: eyelid
Used 10 times. Also: Job 3:9, Job 16:16, Job 41:18, Psalms 11:4, Proverbs 4:25, Proverbs 6:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6079; TAHOT Psalms 132:4 word 5
תְּנוּמָֽה\׃te.nu.Mahslumber
Lemma: תְּנוּמָה (te.nu.mah) · Strong's: H8572
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: slumber
Used 5 times. Also: Job 33:15, Proverbs 6:4, Proverbs 6:10, Proverbs 24:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8572; TAHOT Psalms 132:4 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I will not | → | אִם H0518H if: surely no |
| give | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| sleep | → | שְׁנָת H8153 sleep |
| to my eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| [or] slumber | → | תְּנוּמָה H8572 slumber |
| to my eyelids | → | עַפְעַף H6079 eyelid |
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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