Psalms 119:36

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Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.	Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.	Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Incline^H5186 my heart^H3820 unto thy testimonies^H5715, and not to covetousness^H1215.

Original Hebrew

הַט־לִבִּי אֶל־עֵדְוֹתֶיךָ וְאַל אֶל־בָּצַע׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הַט	hat-	H5186	HVhv2ms	incline
לִ֭בִּ/י	Li.b/i	H3820	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	heart/ my
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
עֵדְוֺתֶ֗י/ךָ	'e.de.vo.Tei./kha	H5715	HNcfpc/Sp2ms	testimonies/ your
וְ/אַ֣ל	ve./'Al	H408	HC/Tn	and/ may not (it incline)
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
בָּֽצַע	Ba.tza'	H1215	HNcmsa	unjust gain

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

Strong's References

H1215 — בֶּצַע (betsaʻ, beh'-tsah): from בָּצַע; plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust); covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
H5186 — נָטָה (nâṭâh, naw-taw'): a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application; [phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
H5715 — עֵדוּת (ʻêdûwth, ay-dooth'): feminine of עֵד; testimony; testimony, witness.

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

H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

Cross References

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

and not to — Exodus 18:21, Psalms 10:3, Ezekiel 33:31, Habakkuk 2:9, Mark 7:21-22, Luke 12:15, Luke 16:14, Ephesians 5:3, Colossians 3:5, 1 Timothy 6:9-10, 1 Timothy 6:17, Hebrews 13:5, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:14
Incline — 1 Kings 8:58, Psalms 51:10, Psalms 141:4, Jeremiah 32:39, Ezekiel 11:19-20

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