Psalms 139:9 Go deeper
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If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; (KJV)
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אֶשָּׂ֥א'e.Sa'I will rise up
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to lift: raise
Used 131 times. Also: Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 31:17, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375G; TAHOT Psalms 139:9 word 1
כַנְפֵי\־khan.fei-[the] wings of
Lemma: כָּנָף (ka.naph) · Strong's: H3671
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: wing
Used 107 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 7:14, Exodus 19:4, Exodus 25:20, Exodus 37:9, Leviticus 1:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3671; TAHOT Psalms 139:9 word 2
שָׁ֑חַרSha.chardawn
Lemma: שַׁ֫חַר (sha.char) · Strong's: H7837
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dawn
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 32:24, Genesis 32:26, Joshua 6:15, Judges 19:25, 1 Samuel 9:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7837; TAHOT Psalms 139:9 word 3
אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה'esh.ke.NahI dwell
Lemma: שָׁכַן (sha.khan) · Strong's: H7931
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqc1cs)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 128 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 26:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7931; TAHOT Psalms 139:9 word 4
בְּאַחֲרִ֥יתbe.'a.cha.Ritat [the] end of
Lemma: אַחֲרִית (a.cha.rit) · Strong's: H0319
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: end
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 49:1, Numbers 23:10, Numbers 24:14, Numbers 24:20, Deuteronomy 4:30, Deuteronomy 8:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0319; TAHOT Psalms 139:9 word 5
יָֽם\׃Yam[the] sea
Lemma: יָם (yam) · Strong's: H3220G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sea
Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3220G; TAHOT Psalms 139:9 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If I rise on | → | נָשָׂא H5375G to lift: raise |
| the wings | → | כָּנָף H3671 wing |
| of the dawn | → | שַׁ֫חַר H7837 dawn |
| if I settle | → | שָׁכַן H7931 to dwell |
| by the farthest | → | אַחֲרִית H0319 end |
| sea | → | יָם H3220G sea |
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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