Psalms 139:13

← Psalms 139:12	Psalms 139:13 (KJV)	Psalms 139:14 →
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].	For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.	I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For thou hast possessed^H7069 my reins^H3629: thou hast covered^H5526 me in my mother's^H517 womb^H990.

Original Hebrew

כִּי־אַתָּה קָנִיתָ כִלְיֹתָי תְּסֻכֵּנִי בְּבֶטֶן אִמִּי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
אַ֭תָּה	'A.tah	H859	HPp2ms	you
קָנִ֣יתָ	ka.Ni.ta	H7069	HVqp2ms	you created
כִלְיֹתָ֑/י	khil.yo.Ta/i	H3629	HNcfpc/Sp1cs	kidneys/ my
תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗/נִי	te.su.Ke./ni	H5526	HVqi2ms/Sp1cs	you wove together/ me
בְּ/בֶ֣טֶן	be./Ve.ten	H990	HR/Ncfsc	in/ (the) womb of
אִמִּֽ/י	'i.M/i	H517	HNcfsc/Sp1cs	mother/ my

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

Strong's References

H517 — אֵם (ʼêm, ame): a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father)); dam, mother, [idiom] parting.
H990 — בֶּטֶן (beṭen, beh'-ten): from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything; belly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.
H3629 — כִּלְיָה (kilyâh, kil-yaw'): feminine of כְּלִי (only in the plural); a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self); kidneys, reins.
H5526 — סָכַךְ (çâkak, saw-kak'): or שָׂכַךְ; (Exodus 33:22), a primitive root; properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect; cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
H7069 — קָנָה (qânâh, kaw-naw'): a primitive root; to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own; attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.

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

H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
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)

covered me — Job 31:15, Psalms 22:9-10, Psalms 71:6, Isaiah 44:2, Isaiah 46:3, Jeremiah 1:5
For thou — Job 10:9-12

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