Psalms 116:1

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But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.	I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications.	Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon [him] as long as I live.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I love^H157 the LORD^H3068, because he hath heard^H8085 my voice^H6963 and my supplications^H8469.

Original Hebrew

אָהַבְתִּי כִּי־יִשְׁמַע ׀ יְהוָה אֶת־קֹולִי תַּחֲנוּנָי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אָ֭הַבְתִּי	'A.hav.ti	H157	HVqp1cs	I love
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
יִשְׁמַ֥ע	yish.Ma'	H8085	HVqi3ms	he has heard
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
ק֝וֹלִ֗/י	ko.L/i	H6963	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	voice/ my
תַּחֲנוּנָֽ/י	ta.cha.nu.Na/i	H8469	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	supplications/ my

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H157 — אָהַב (ʼâhab, aw-hab'): or אָהֵב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
H6963 — קוֹל (qôwl, kole): or קֹל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound; [phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.
H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
H8469 — תַּחֲנוּן (tachănûwn, takh-an-oon'): or (feminine) תַּחֲנוּנָה; from חָנַן; earnest prayer; intreaty, supplication.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

because — Genesis 35:2, 1 Samuel 1:26, Psalms 18:6, Psalms 31:22-23, Psalms 34:3-4, Psalms 40:1, Psalms 66:19-20, Psalms 69:33, John 16:24
love — Psalms 18:1-6, Psalms 119:132, Mark 12:33, John 21:17, 1 John 4:19, 1 John 5:2-3

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