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Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. (KJV)
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שְׁמַ֤עshe.Ma'hear
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Psalms 28:2 word 1
ק֣וֹלKol[the] sound of
Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: voice
Used 335 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6963A; TAHOT Psalms 28:2 word 2
תַּ֭חֲנוּנַיTa.cha.nu.naisupplications my
Lemma: תַּחֲנוּן (ta.cha.nun) · Strong's: H8469
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: supplication
Used 18 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 6:21, Job 41:3, Psalms 28:6, Psalms 31:22, Psalms 86:6, Psalms 116:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8469; TAHOT Psalms 28:2 word 3
בְּשַׁוְּעִ֣יbe.sha.ve.'Iwhen cry for help I
אֵלֶ֑יךָ'e.Lei.khato you
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Psalms 28:2 word 5
בְּנָשְׂאִ֥יbe.na.se.'Iwhen lift up I
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375P
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to lift: vow
Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 6:8, Leviticus 9:22, Numbers 14:30, Deuteronomy 32:40, Nehemiah 9:15, Job 42:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375P; TAHOT Psalms 28:2 word 6
יָ֝דַ֗יya.Daihands my
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027S
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Construct (HNcbdc)
Meaning: hand: vow
Used 17 times. Also: Exodus 6:8, Numbers 14:30, Deuteronomy 32:40, Nehemiah 9:15, Psalms 10:12, Psalms 106:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027S; TAHOT Psalms 28:2 word 7
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Psalms 28:2 word 8
דְּבִ֥ירde.Vir[the] innermost room of
Lemma: דְּבִיר (de.vir) · Strong's: H1687
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: sanctuary
Used 16 times. Also: 1 Kings 6:5, 1 Kings 6:16, 1 Kings 6:19, 1 Kings 6:20, 1 Kings 6:21, 1 Kings 6:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1687; TAHOT Psalms 28:2 word 9
קָדְשֶֽׁךָ\׃kod.She.chaholiness your
Lemma: קֹ֫דֶשׁ (qo.desh) · Strong's: H6944G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: holiness
Used 415 times. Also: Exodus 3:5, Exodus 12:16, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 15:13, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 22:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6944G; TAHOT Psalms 28:2 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Hear | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| my cry | → | קוֹל H6963A voice |
| for mercy | → | תַּחֲנוּן H8469 supplication |
| when I call | → | שָׁוַע H7768 to cry |
| to You {for help} | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| when I lift up | → | נָשָׂא H5375P to lift: vow |
| my hands | → | יָד H3027S hand: vow |
| toward | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Your holy | → | קֹ֫דֶשׁ H6944G holiness |
| sanctuary | → | דְּבִיר H1687 sanctuary |
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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