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And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. (KJV)
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וְה֗וּאve.Hu'and he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Psalms 9:8 word 1
יִשְׁפֹּֽט\־yish.pot-he will judge
Lemma: שָׁפַט (sha.phat) · Strong's: H8199
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to judge
Used 201 times. Also: Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8199; TAHOT Psalms 9:8 word 2
תֵּבֵ֥לte.Vel[the] world
Lemma: תֵּבֵל (te.vel) · Strong's: H8398
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: world
Used 36 times. Also: 1 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 22:16, 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 18:18, Job 34:13, Job 37:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8398; TAHOT Psalms 9:8 word 3
בְּצֶ֑דֶקbe.Tze.dekwith righteousness
Lemma: צֶ֫דֶק (tse.deq) · Strong's: H6664G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: righteousness
Used 117 times. Also: Leviticus 19:15, Leviticus 19:36, Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:20, Deuteronomy 25:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6664G; TAHOT Psalms 9:8 word 4
יָדִ֥יןya.Dinhe will judge
Lemma: דִּין (din) · Strong's: H1777
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to judge
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 6:3, Genesis 15:14, Genesis 30:6, Genesis 49:16, Deuteronomy 32:36, 1 Samuel 2:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1777; TAHOT Psalms 9:8 word 5
לְ֝אֻמִּ֗יםle.'u.Mim[the] nations
Lemma: לְאֹם (le.om) · Strong's: H3816
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: people
Used 31 times. Also: Genesis 25:23, Genesis 27:29, Psalms 2:1, Psalms 7:7, Psalms 44:2, Psalms 47:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3816; TAHOT Psalms 9:8 word 6
בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים\׃be.mei.sha.Rimwith uprightness<es>
Lemma: מֵישָׁר (me.shar) · Strong's: H4339
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: uprightness
Used 19 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 29:17, Psalms 17:2, Psalms 58:1, Psalms 75:2, Psalms 96:10, Psalms 98:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4339; TAHOT Psalms 9:8 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| judges | → | שָׁפַט H8199 to judge |
| the world | → | תֵּבֵל H8398 world |
| with justice | → | צֶ֫דֶק H6664G righteousness |
| He governs | → | דִּין H1777 to judge |
| the people | → | לְאֹם H3816 people |
| with equity | → | מֵישָׁר H4339 uprightness |
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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