Psalms 139:2 Go deeper
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Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. (KJV)
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אַתָּ֣ה'a.Tahyou
Lemma: אַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H0859A
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Singular (HPp2ms)
Meaning: you(m.s.)
Used 739 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 4:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0859A; TAHOT Psalms 139:2 word 1
יָ֭דַעְתָּYa.da'.tayou know
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Psalms 139:2 word 2
שִׁבְתִּ֣יshiv.Tisitting my
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Psalms 139:2 word 3
וְקוּמִ֑יve.ku.Miand standing my
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to arise: rise
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965B; TAHOT Psalms 139:2 word 4
בַּ֥נְתָּהBan.tahyou understand
Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to understand
Used 168 times. Also: Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Deuteronomy 1:13, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 32:7, Deuteronomy 32:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0995; TAHOT Psalms 139:2 word 5
לְ֝רֵעִ֗יle.re.'I<to> thought[s] my
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7454
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: thought
Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 139:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7454; TAHOT Psalms 139:2 word 6
מֵרָחֽוֹק\׃me.ra.Chokfrom a distance
Lemma: רָחֹק (ra.choq) · Strong's: H7350
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: distant
Used 84 times. Also: Genesis 22:4, Genesis 37:18, Exodus 2:4, Exodus 20:18, Exodus 20:21, Exodus 24:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7350; TAHOT Psalms 139:2 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You | → | אַתָּ֫ה H0859A you(m.s.) |
| know | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| when I sit | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| and when I rise | → | קוּם H6965B to arise: rise |
| You understand | → | בִּין H0995 to understand |
| my thoughts | → | רֵעַ H7454 thought |
| from afar | → | רָחֹק H7350 distant |
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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