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Psalms 18:29

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For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.	For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.	[As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For by thee I have run through^H7323 a troop^H1416; and by my God^H430 have I leaped over^H1801 a wall^H7791.

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Original Hebrew

כִּי־אַתָּה תָּאִיר נֵרִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי יַגִּיהַּ חָשְׁכִּי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
אַ֭תָּה	'A.tah	H859	HPp2ms	you
תָּאִ֣יר	ta.'Ir	H215	HVhi2ms	you light
נֵרִ֑/י	ne.R/i	H5216	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	lamp/ my
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֱ֝לֹהַ֗/י	'e.lo.Ha/i	H430	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	God/ my
יַגִּ֥יהַּ	ya.Gi.ah	H5050	HVhi3ms	he lightens
חָשְׁכִּֽ/י	cha.she.K/i	H2822	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	darkness/ my

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

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H1416 — גְּדוּד (gᵉdûwd, ghed-ood'): from גָּדַד; a crowd (especially of soldiers); army, band (of men), company, troop (of robbers).
• H1801 — דָּלַג (dâlag, daw-lag'): a primitive root; to spring; leap.
• H7323 — רוּץ (rûwts, roots): a primitive root; to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush); break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.
• H7791 — שׁוּר (shûwr, shoor): from שׁוּר; a wall (as going about); wall.

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

• 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.
• 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.
• H2822 — חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek, kho-shek'): from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• 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.
• H5050 — נָגַהּ (nâgahh, naw-gah'): a primitive root; to glitter; causatively, to illuminate; (en-) lighten, (cause to) shine.
• H5216 — נִיר (nîyr, neer): or נִר; also נֵיר; or נֵר; or (feminine) נֵרָה; from a primitive root (see נִיר; נוּר) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively); candle, lamp, light.

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