Psalms 139:5

← Psalms 139:4	Psalms 139:5 (KJV)	Psalms 139:6 →
For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.	Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.	[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast beset^H6696 me behind^H268 and before^H6924, and laid^H7896 thine hand^H3709 upon me.

Original Hebrew

אָחֹור וָקֶדֶם צַרְתָּנִי וַתָּשֶׁת עָלַי כַּפֶּכָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אָח֣וֹר	'a.Chor	H268	HNcmsa	back part
וָ/קֶ֣דֶם	va./Ke.dem	H6924	HC/Ncmsa	and/ front
צַרְתָּ֑/נִי	tzar.Ta./ni	H6696	HVqp2ms/Sp1cs	you enclose/ me
וַ/תָּ֖שֶׁת	va./Ta.shet	H7896	HC/Vqw2ms	and/ you have put
עָלַ֣/י	'a.La/i	H5921	HR/Sp1cs	on/ me
כַּפֶּֽ/כָה	ka.Pe./khah	H3709	HNcfsc/Sp2ms	hand/ your

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

Strong's References

H268 — אָחוֹר (ʼâchôwr, aw-khore'): or (shortened) אָחֹר ; from אֲחִירַע; the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West; after(-ward), back (part, -side, -ward), hereafter, (be-) hind(-er part), time to come, without.
H3709 — כַּף (kaph, kaf): from כָּפַף; the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power; branch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
H6696 — צוּר (tsûwr, tsoor): a primitive root; to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile); adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.
H6924 — קֶדֶם (qedem, keh'-dem): or קֵדְמָה; from קָדַם; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward); aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare קִדְמָה.
H7896 — שִׁית (shîyth, sheeth): a primitive root; to place (in a very wide application); apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.

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

H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Lua error: Error: Table cross_refs not found..

No content yet

No content yet

Bible › Psalms › Psalms 139 › Verse 5