Psalms 73:15 Go deeper
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If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. (KJV)
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אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Psalms 73:15 word 1
אָ֭מַרְתִּי'A.mar.tiI had said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Psalms 73:15 word 2
אֲסַפְּרָ֥ה'a.sa.pe.RahI will speak
Lemma: סָפַר (sa.phar) · Strong's: H5608A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpc1cs)
Meaning: to recount
Used 107 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 24:66, Genesis 29:13, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5608A; TAHOT Psalms 73:15 word 3
כְמ֑וֹkhe.Molike
Lemma: כְּמוֹ (ke.mo) · Strong's: H3644G
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: like
Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 41:39, Genesis 44:15, Genesis 44:18, Exodus 9:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3644G; TAHOT Psalms 73:15 word 4
הִנֵּ֤הhi.Nehhere!
Lemma: הִנֵּה (hin.neh) · Strong's: H2009
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: behold
Used 841 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2009; TAHOT Psalms 73:15 word 5
ד֭וֹרDor[the] generation of
Lemma: דּוֹר (dor) · Strong's: H1755
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: generation
Used 166 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 15:16, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1755; TAHOT Psalms 73:15 word 6
בָּנֶ֣יךָba.Nei.khachildren your
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Psalms 73:15 word 7
בָגָֽדְתִּי\׃va.Ga.de.tiI dealt treacherously with
Lemma: בָּגַד (ba.gad) · Strong's: H0898
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to act treacherously
Used 49 times. Also: Exodus 21:8, Judges 9:23, 1 Samuel 14:33, Job 6:15, Psalms 25:3, Psalms 59:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0898; TAHOT Psalms 73:15 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If | → | אִם H0518A if |
| I had said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| I will speak | → | סָפַר H5608A to recount |
| this way | → | כְּמוֹ H3644G like |
| then | → | הִנֵּה H2009 behold |
| I would have betrayed | → | בָּגַד H0898 to act treacherously |
| Your children | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
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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