Psalms 139:17

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Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.	How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!	[If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

How precious^H3365 also are thy thoughts^H7454 unto me, O God^H410! how great^H6105 is the sum^H7218 of them!

Original Hebrew

וְלִי מַה־יָּקְרוּ רֵעֶיךָ אֵל מֶה עָצְמוּ רָאשֵׁיהֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/לִ֗/י	ve./L/i		HC/R/Sp1cs	and/ to/ me
מַה	mah-	H4100	HTi	how!
יָּקְר֣וּ	ya.ke.Ru	H3365	HVqp3cp	they are precious
רֵעֶ֣י/ךָ	re.'Ei./kha	H7454	HNcmpc/Sp2ms	thoughts/ your
אֵ֑ל	'El	H410	HNcmsa	O God
מֶ֥ה	meh	H4100	HTi	how!
עָ֝צְמוּ	'A.tze.mu	H6105	HVqp3cp	they are vast
רָאשֵׁי/הֶֽם	ra.shei./Hem	H7218	HNcmpc/Sp3mp	sum(s)/ their

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

Strong's References

H410 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): shortened from אַיִל; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity); God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'
H3365 — יָקַר (yâqar, yaw-kar'): a primitive root; properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit); be (make) precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw.
H6105 — עָצַם (ʻâtsam, aw-tsam'): a primitive root; also denominatively (from עֶצֶם); to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones; break the bones, close, be great, be increased, be (wax) mighty(-ier), be more, shut, be(-come, make) strong(-er).
H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
H7454 — רֵעַ (rêaʻ, ray'-ah): from רָעָה; a thought (as association of ideas); thought.

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

H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Cross References

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

how great — Psalms 31:19, Psalms 36:7
precious — Psalms 40:5, Proverbs 8:31, Isaiah 55:8-9, Jeremiah 29:11, Ephesians 3:9-10

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