Psalms 139:17 Go deeper

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! (KJV)

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מַה\־mah-how!

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Psalms 139:17 word 1

יָּקְר֣וּya.ke.Ruthey are precious

Lemma: יָקַר (ya.qar) · Strong's: H3365

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: be precious

Used 11 times. Also: 1 Samuel 18:30, 1 Samuel 26:21, 2 Kings 1:13, 2 Kings 1:14, Psalms 49:8, Psalms 72:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3365; TAHOT Psalms 139:17 word 2

רֵעֶ֣יךָre.'Ei.khathoughts your

Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7454

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

Meaning: thought

Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 139:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7454; TAHOT Psalms 139:17 word 3

אֵ֑ל'ElO God

Lemma: אֵל (el) · Strong's: H0410G

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

Meaning: God

Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 21:33, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0410G; TAHOT Psalms 139:17 word 4

מֶ֥הmehhow!

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Psalms 139:17 word 5

עָ֝צְמוּ'A.tze.muthey are vast

Lemma: עָצֹם (a.tsom) · Strong's: H6105A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: be vast

Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 26:16, Exodus 1:7, Exodus 1:20, Psalms 38:19, Psalms 40:5, Psalms 40:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6105A; TAHOT Psalms 139:17 word 6

רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם\׃ra.shei.Hemsum<s> their

Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218K

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

Meaning: head: group

Used 16 times. Also: Judges 7:16, Judges 7:20, Judges 9:34, Judges 9:37, Judges 9:43, Judges 9:44 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7218K; TAHOT Psalms 139:17 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

How	→	מָה H4100 what?
precious to me	→	יָקַר H3365 be precious
are Your thoughts	→	רֵעַ H7454 thought
O God	→	אֵל H0410G God
how	→	מָה H4100 what?
vast	→	עָצֹם H6105A be vast
is their sum	→	רֹאשׁ H7218K head: group

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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