Psalms 18:34 Go deeper

He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. (KJV)

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מְלַמֵּ֣דme.la.Med[he has] trained

Lemma: לָמַד (la.mad) · Strong's: H3925G

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)

Meaning: to learn: teach

Used 62 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 4:5, Deuteronomy 4:10, Deuteronomy 4:14, Deuteronomy 5:31, Deuteronomy 6:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3925G; TAHOT Psalms 18:34 word 1

יָ֭דַיYa.daihands my

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Construct (HNcbdc)

Meaning: hand

Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Psalms 18:34 word 2

לַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> battle

Lemma: מִלְחָמָה (mil.cha.mah) · Strong's: H4421

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: battle

Used 319 times. Also: Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8, Exodus 1:10, Exodus 13:17, Exodus 15:3, Exodus 17:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4421; TAHOT Psalms 18:34 word 3

וְֽנִחֲתָ֥הve.ni.cha.Tahand it will stretch

Lemma: נָחֵת (na.chat) · Strong's: H5181

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpq3fs)

Meaning: to descend

Used 11 times. Also: 1 Samuel 2:10, 2 Samuel 22:35, Job 17:16, Job 21:13, Psalms 38:2, Psalms 65:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5181; TAHOT Psalms 18:34 word 4

קֶֽשֶׁת\־ke.shet-a bow of

Lemma: קֶ֫שֶׁת (qe.shet) · Strong's: H7198

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: bow

Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:14, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7198; TAHOT Psalms 18:34 word 5

נְ֝חוּשָׁ֗הne.chu.Shahbronze

Lemma: נְחוּשָׁה (ne.chu.shah) · Strong's: H5154

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: bronze

Used 10 times. Also: Leviticus 26:19, 2 Samuel 22:35, Job 20:24, Job 28:2, Job 40:18, Job 41:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5154; TAHOT Psalms 18:34 word 6

זְרוֹעֹתָֽי\׃ze.ro.'o.Taiarms my

Lemma: זְרוֹעַ (ze.ro.a) · Strong's: H2220

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: arm

Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 49:24, Exodus 6:6, Exodus 15:16, Numbers 6:19, Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 5:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2220; TAHOT Psalms 18:34 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

He trains	→	לָמַד H3925G to learn: teach
my hands	→	יָד H3027G hand
for battle	→	מִלְחָמָה H4421 battle
my arms	→	זְרוֹעַ H2220 arm
can bend	→	נָחֵת H5181 to descend
a bow	→	קֶ֫שֶׁת H7198 bow
of bronze	→	נְחוּשָׁה H5154 bronze

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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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