Psalms 77:5 Go deeper

I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. (KJV)

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חִשַּׁ֣בְתִּיchi.Shav.tiI thought about

Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803J

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)

Meaning: to devise: think

Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 38:15, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:20, 1 Samuel 1:13, Job 6:26, Job 13:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2803J; TAHOT Psalms 77:5 word 1

יָמִ֣יםya.Mimdays

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: day

Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Psalms 77:5 word 2

מִקֶּ֑דֶםmi.Ke.demfrom antiquity

Lemma: קֶ֫דֶם (qe.dem) · Strong's: H6924H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: front: old

Used 32 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:15, Deuteronomy 33:27, 2 Kings 19:25, Nehemiah 12:46, Job 29:2, Psalms 44:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6924H; TAHOT Psalms 77:5 word 3

שְׁ֝נ֗וֹתShe.Notyears of

Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141

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

Meaning: year

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Psalms 77:5 word 4

עוֹלָמִֽים\׃o.la.Mimantiquiti<es>

Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769J

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: forever: antiquity

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Deuteronomy 32:7, Joshua 24:2, 1 Samuel 27:8, Job 22:15, Psalms 24:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5769J; TAHOT Psalms 77:5 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

I considered	→	חָשַׁב H2803J to devise: think
the days	→	יוֹם H3117G day
of old	→	קֶ֫דֶם H6924H front: old
the years	→	שָׁנָה H8141 year
long in the past	→	עוֹלָם H5769J forever: antiquity

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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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