Psalms 139:8

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Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?	If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.	If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

If I ascend up^H5266 into heaven^H8064, thou art there: if I make my bed^H3331 in hell^H7585, behold, thou art there.

Original Hebrew

אִם־אֶסַּק שָׁמַיִם שָׁם אָתָּה וְאַצִּיעָה שְּׁאֹול הִנֶּךָּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
אֶסַּ֣ק	'e.Sak	H5266	HVqi1cs	I will ascend
שָׁ֭מַיִם	Sha.ma.yim	H8064	HNcmpa	heavens
שָׁ֣ם	sham	H8033	HD	(are) there
אָ֑תָּה	'A.tah	H859	HPp2ms	you
וְ/אַצִּ֖יעָה	ve./'a.Tzi.'ah	H3331	HC/Vhh1cs	and/ I will spread as a bed
שְּׁא֣וֹל	she.'ol	H7585	HNp	Sheol
הִנֶּֽ/ךָּ	hi.Ne./ka	H2005	HTm/Sp2ms	there (are)/ you

Strong's References

H3331 — יַצַע (yatsaʻ, yaw-tsah'): a primitive root; to strew as a surface; make (one's) bed, [idiom] lie, spread.
H5266 — נָסַק (nâçaq, naw-sak'): a primitive root; to go up; ascend.
H7585 — שְׁאוֹל (shᵉʼôwl, sheh-ole'): or שְׁאֹל (shᵉʼôl); from שָׁאַל (shâʼal) H7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates; grave, hell, pit.
H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה (shâmeh); from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

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

H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ (ʼattâ); or אַת (ʼath); feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי (ʼattîy); plural masculine אַתֶּם (ʼattem); feminine אַתֶּן (ʼatten); or אַתֵּנָה (ʼattênâh); or אַתֵּנָּה (ʼattênnâh); a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
H2005 — הֵן (hên, hane): a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if; behold, if, lo, though.
H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher) H834); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

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