Psalms 139:5

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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 besetH6696 me behindH268 and beforeH6924, and laidH7896 thine handH3709 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
Strong's References
  • H268 — אָחוֹר (ʼâchôwr, aw-khore'): or (shortened) אָחֹר (ʼâchôr) ; from אֲחִירַע (ʼĂchîyraʻ) H299; 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 (kâphaph) H3721; 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 (qêdᵉmâh); from קָדַם (qâdam) H6923; 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 (qidmâh) H6926.
  • 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 (ʻal) H5920 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.
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