Psalms 139:11 Go deeper

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. (KJV)

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וָ֭אֹמַרVa.'o.marand I said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Psalms 139:11 word 1

אַךְ\־'akh-surely

Lemma: אַךְ (akh) · Strong's: H0389

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: surely

Used 161 times. Also: Genesis 7:23, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 23:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0389; TAHOT Psalms 139:11 word 2

חֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhdarkness

Lemma: חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) · Strong's: H2822

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

Meaning: darkness

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:21, Exodus 10:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2822; TAHOT Psalms 139:11 word 3

יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִיye.shu.Fe.niit will crush me

Lemma: שׁוּף (shuph) · Strong's: H7779

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

Meaning: to bruise

Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Job 9:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7779; TAHOT Psalms 139:11 word 4

וְ֝לַ֗יְלָהve.Lay.lahand [will be] night

Lemma: לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) · Strong's: H3915

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

Meaning: night

Used 231 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3915; TAHOT Psalms 139:11 word 5

א֣וֹר'or[the] light

Lemma: אוֹר (or) · Strong's: H0216

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

Meaning: light

Used 121 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:23, Judges 16:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0216; TAHOT Psalms 139:11 word 6

בַּעֲדֵֽנִי\׃ba.'a.De.nibehind me

Lemma: בַּ֫עַד (be.ad) · Strong's: H1157

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HAcbsc)

Meaning: about/through/for

Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 7:16, Genesis 20:7, Genesis 20:18, Genesis 26:8, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 32:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1157; TAHOT Psalms 139:11 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

If I say	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
Surely	→	אַךְ H0389 surely
the darkness	→	חֹ֫שֶׁךְ H2822 darkness
will hide me	→	שׁוּף H7779 to bruise
and the light	→	אוֹר H0216 light
become night	→	לַ֫יְלָה H3915 night
around me	→	בַּ֫עַד H1157 about/through/for

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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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