Psalms 135:4

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Praise the LORD; for the LORD [is] good: sing praises unto his name; for [it is] pleasant.	For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure.	For I know that the LORD [is] great, and [that] our Lord [is] above all gods.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For the LORD^H3050 hath chosen^H977 Jacob^H3290 unto himself, and Israel^H3478 for his peculiar treasure^H5459.

Original Hebrew

כִּי־יַעֲקֹב בָּחַר לֹו יָהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לִסְגֻלָּתֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
יַעֲקֹ֗ב	ya.'a.Ko	H3290	HNp	Jacob
בָּחַ֣ר	ba.Char	H977	HVqp3ms	he has chosen
ל֣/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	for/ himself
יָ֑הּ	Yah	H3050	HNp	Yahweh
יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
לִ/סְגֻלָּתֽ/וֹ	li/s.gu.la.T/o	H5459	HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms	to/ possession/ his

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

Strong's References

H977 — בָּחַר (bâchar, baw-khar'): a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
H3050 — יָהּ (Yâhh, yaw): contraction for יְהֹוָה, and meaning the same; Jah, the sacred name; Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in '-iah,' '-jah.'
H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
H5459 — סְגֻלָּה (çᵉgullâh, seg-ool-law'): feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to shut up; wealth (as closely shut up); jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special.

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

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)

his peculiar — Exodus 19:5-6, Deuteronomy 32:9, Malachi 3:17, Titus 2:14
the Lord — Deuteronomy 7:6-7, Deuteronomy 10:15, 1 Samuel 12:22, Psalms 33:12, Isaiah 41:8, Isaiah 43:20-21, Zechariah 2:10-12, 1 Peter 2:9

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