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I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. (KJV)
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תַּכְלִ֣יתtakh.Litcompleteness of
Lemma: תַּכְלִית (takh.lit) · Strong's: H8503
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: limit
Used 5 times. Also: Nehemiah 3:21, Job 11:7, Job 26:10, Job 28:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8503; TAHOT Psalms 139:22 word 1
שִׂנְאָ֣הsin.'Ahhatred
Lemma: שִׂנְאָה (sin.ah) · Strong's: H8135
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: hating
Used 17 times. Also: Numbers 35:20, Deuteronomy 1:27, Deuteronomy 9:28, 2 Samuel 13:15, Psalms 25:19, Psalms 109:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8135; TAHOT Psalms 139:22 word 2
שְׂנֵאתִ֑יםse.ne.TimI hate them
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to hate
Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Psalms 139:22 word 3
לְ֝אוֹיְבִ֗יםle.'oy.Vim<into> enemies
Lemma: אֹיֵב (o.yev) · Strong's: H0341
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: enemy
Used 280 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 49:8, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 23:4, Exodus 23:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0341; TAHOT Psalms 139:22 word 4
הָ֣יוּHa.yuthey have become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Psalms 139:22 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I hate them | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
| with perfect | → | תַּכְלִית H8503 limit |
| hatred | → | שִׂנְאָה H8135 hating |
| I count them | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| as my enemies | → | אֹיֵב H0341 enemy |
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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