Verse 16

{ "verseID": "Psalms.139.16", "source": "גָּלְמִ֤י ׀ רָ֘א֤וּ עֵינֶ֗יךָ וְעַֽל־סִפְרְךָ֮ כֻּלָּ֢ם יִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּ יָמִ֥ים יֻצָּ֑רוּ *ולא **וְל֖וֹ אֶחָ֣ד בָּהֶֽם׃", "text": "*gālmî rāʾû ʿênêkā* and-upon-*siprəkā kullām yikkātēbû yāmîm yuṣṣārû* and-not/and-to-him *ʾeḥād bāhem*", "grammar": { "*gālmî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my unformed substance/embryo", "*rāʾû*": "verb, Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they saw", "*ʿênêkā*": "noun, feminine dual + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes", "*siprəkā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your book", "*kullām*": "noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - all of them", "*yikkātēbû*": "verb, Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they were written", "*yāmîm*": "noun, masculine plural - days", "*yuṣṣārû*": "verb, Pual perfect 3rd person common plural - they were formed", "*ʾeḥād*": "numeral - one", "*bāhem*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in/among them" }, "variants": { "*gālmî*": "my unformed substance/my embryo/my developing body", "*rāʾû*": "saw/perceived/observed", "*siprəkā*": "your book/your scroll/your record", "*yikkātēbû*": "were written/were recorded", "*yāmîm*": "days/time", "*yuṣṣārû*": "were formed/were fashioned/were ordained", "*ʾeḥād*": "one/single/first", "*wəlōʾ*": "and not/though not", "*wəlô*": "and to him/yet for him" } }