Psalms 119:98

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MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.	Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me.	I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thou through thy commandments^H4687 hast made me wiser^H2449 than mine enemies^H341: for they are ever^H5769 with me.

Original Hebrew

מֵאֹיְבַי תְּחַכְּמֵנִי מִצְוֹתֶךָ כִּי לְעֹולָם הִיא־לִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מֵ֭/אֹ֣יְבַ/י	me./'O.ye.va/i	H341	HR/Vqrmpc/Sp1cs	more than/ enemies/ my
תְּחַכְּמֵ֣/נִי	te.cha.ke.Me./ni	H2449	HVpi3fs/Sp1cs	it makes wise/ me
מִצְוֺתֶ֑/ךָ	mitz.vo.Te./kha	H4687	HNcfpc/Sp2ms	commandments/ your
כִּ֖י	ki	H3588	HC	for
לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם	le./'o.Lam	H5769	HR/Ncmsa	for/ ever
הִיא	hi'-	H1931	HPp3fs	it
לִֽ/י	L/i		HR/Sp1cs	(belongs) to/ me

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

Strong's References

H341 — אֹיֵב (ʼôyêb, o-yabe'): or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of אָיַב; hating; an adversary; enemy, foe.
H2449 — חָכַם (châkam, khaw-kam'): a primitive root,; to be wise (in mind, word or act); [idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
H4687 — מִצְוָה (mitsvâh, mits-vaw'): from צָוָה; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law); (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
H5769 — עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm, o-lawm'): or עֹלָם; from עָלַם; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always; alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare נֶצַח, עַד.

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

H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
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)

they are ever — Psalms 119:11, Psalms 119:30, Psalms 119:105, James 1:25
through — Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 4:8, 1 Samuel 18:5, 1 Samuel 18:14, 1 Samuel 18:30, Psalms 119:104, Proverbs 2:6, Colossians 3:16

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