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Psalms 139:12
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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
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Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].
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For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
Yea, the darknessH2822 hidethH2821 not from thee; but the nightH3915 shinethH215 as the dayH3117: the darknessH2825 and the lightH219 are both alike to thee.
Original Hebrew
גַּם־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹא־יַחְשִׁיךְ מִמֶּךָ וְלַיְלָה כַּיֹּום יָאִיר כַּחֲשֵׁיכָה כָּאֹורָה׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
גַּם |
gam- | H1571 | HTa | also |
חֹשֶׁךְ֮ |
cho.sheKh | H2822 | HNcmsa | darkness |
לֹֽא |
lo'- | H3808 | HTn | not |
יַחְשִׁ֪יךְ |
yach.Shikh | H2821 | HVhi3ms | it is (too) dark |
מִ֫מֶּ֥/ךָ |
mi.Me./kha | H4480 | HR/Sp2ms | for/ you |
וְ֭/לַיְלָה |
Ve./lay.lah | H3915 | HC/Ncmsa | and/ night |
כַּ/יּ֣וֹם |
ka/i.Yom | H3117 | HRd/Ncmsa | like the/ day |
יָאִ֑יר |
ya.'Ir | H215 | HVhi3ms | it shines |
כַּ֝/חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה |
ka./cha.shei.Khah | H2825 | HRd/Ncfsa | as (the)/ darkness |
כָּ/אוֹרָֽה |
ka./'o.Rah | H219 | HRd/Ncfsa | as the/ light |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H215 — אוֹר (ʼôwr, ore): a primitive root; to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically); [idiom] break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
- H219 — אוֹרָה (ʼôwrâh, o-raw'): feminine of אוֹר; luminousness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity; also a plant (as being bright); herb, light.
- H2821 — חָשַׁךְ (châshak, khaw-shak'): a primitive root; to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken; be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.
- H2822 — חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek, kho-shek'): from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
- H2825 — חֲשֵׁכָה (chăshêkâh, khash-ay-kaw'): or חֲשֵׁיכָהxlit chăshêkâh corrected to chăshêykâh; from חָשַׁךְ; darkness; figuratively, misery; darkness.
- H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
- H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
- H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
- H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- the darkness — Exodus 14:20, Exodus 20:21, Job 26:6, Job 34:22, Daniel 2:22, Hebrews 4:13
Reciprocal references (5): Job 12:22, Job 13:20, Job 22:14, Ezekiel 16:36, Matthew 6:4
Related Topics
- Torrey’s: DARKNESS, HOLY SPIRIT, THE, IS GOD, WISDOM OF GOD, THE
- Nave’s: GOD, HEART
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