Psalms 139:6

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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.	Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Such knowledge^H1847 is too wonderful^{H6383 H6383} for me; it is high^H7682, I cannot^H3201 attain unto it.

Original Hebrew

[פִּלְאִיָּה כ] (פְּלִיאָה ק) דַעַת מִמֶּנִּי נִשְׂגְּבָה לֹא־אוּכַל לָהּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
[פלאיה כ] (פְּלִ֣יאָֽה ק)	[pilʼîy כ] (pil.'i.yah ק)	H6383 כ	HAafsa	((is too) wonderful ק)
דַ֣עַת	Da.'at	H1847	HNcfsa	knowledge
מִמֶּ֑/נִּי	mi.Me./ni	H4480	HR/Sp1cs	for/ me
נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה	nis.ge.Vah	H7682	HVNrfsa	it is set on high
לֹא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
א֥וּכַֽל	'U.khal	H3201	HVqi1cs	I am able
לָֽ/הּ	La/h		HR/Sp3fs	to/ it

Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).

Strong's References

H1847 — דַּעַת (daʻath, dah'-ath): from יָדַע (yâdaʻ) H3045; knowledge; cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly).
H3201 — יָכֹל (yâkôl, yaw-kole'): or (fuller) יָכוֹל (yâkôwl); a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might); be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
H6383 — פִּלְאִי (pilʼîy, pil-ee'): or פָּלִיא (pâlîyʼ); from פָּלָא (pâlâʼ) H6381; remarkable; secret, wonderful.
H7682 — שָׂגַב (sâgab, saw-gab'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively; defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.

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

H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי (minnîy); or מִנֵּי (minnêy); (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן (mên) H4482; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

knowledge — Job 11:7-9, Job 26:14, Job 42:3, Psalms 13:1, Psalms 40:5, Proverbs 30:2-4, Romans 11:33

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