Psalms 139:4 Go deeper
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For there is not a word in my tongue, but , lo, O LORD , thou knowest it altogether. (KJV)
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כִּ֤יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Psalms 139:4 word 1
אֵ֣ין'einthere not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Psalms 139:4 word 2
מִ֭לָּהMi.lah[is] a word
Lemma: מִלָּה (mil.lah) · Strong's: H4405
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: speech
Used 38 times. Also: 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 4:2, Job 4:4, Job 6:26, Job 8:10, Job 12:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4405; TAHOT Psalms 139:4 word 3
בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֑יbil.sho.Nion tongue my
Lemma: לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) · Strong's: H3956G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: tongue
Used 93 times. Also: Exodus 4:10, Exodus 11:7, Joshua 10:21, Judges 7:5, 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3956G; TAHOT Psalms 139:4 word 4
הֵ֥ןhenthere!
Lemma: הֵן (hen) · Strong's: H2005
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: look!
Used 316 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 15:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2005; TAHOT Psalms 139:4 word 5
יְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehO Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Psalms 139:4 word 6
יָדַ֥עְתָּya.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 139:4 word 7
כֻלָּֽהּ\׃khu.Lahall of it
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Psalms 139:4 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Even | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| . . . | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| before a word | → | מִלָּה H4405 speech |
| is on my tongue | → | לָשׁוֹן H3956G tongue |
| . . . | → | הֵן H2005 look! |
| You know | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| all about it | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| O LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
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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