Psalms 119:147

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קִדַּ֣מְתִּי בַ֭נֶּשֶׁף וָאֲשַׁוֵּ֑עָה *לדבריך **לִדְבָרְךָ֥ יִחָֽלְתִּי׃

Transliteration

qiddamtî in nešep wāʾăšawwēʿāh to ḏəḇārəkā yiḥāltî

Grammar Details

*qiddamtî*: perfect, 1st person singular, piel - I arose before/I anticipated
*nešep*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the dawn/twilight
*wāʾăšawwēʿāh*: conjunction + imperfect, 1st person singular, piel - and I cried for help
*ḏəḇārəkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your word
*yiḥāltî*: perfect, 1st person singular, piel - I hoped

Word Meanings

*qiddamtî*: I arose before/I anticipated/I preceded
*nešep*: dawn/twilight/early morning
*ʾăšawwēʿāh*: I cried for help/I called for aid/I pleaded
*ḏəḇārəkā*: your word/your promise/your speech
*yiḥāltî*: I hoped/I waited/I expected

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 5:3 : 3 O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order [my prayer] unto thee, and will keep watch.
Ps 130:5-6 : 5 I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, And in his word do I hope. 6 My soul [waiteth] for the Lord More than watchmen [wait] for the morning; [Yea, more than] watchmen for the morning.
Mark 1:35 : 35 And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.
Heb 6:17-19 : 17 Wherein {G1722} God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us: 19 which we have as an anchor of the soul, [a hope] both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
Ps 21:3 : 3 For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.
Ps 42:8 : 8 [ Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life.
Ps 56:4 : 4 In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?
Ps 57:8 : 8 Awake up, my glory; Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.
Ps 88:13 : 13 But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
Ps 108:2 : 2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.
Ps 119:74 : 74 They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.
Ps 119:81 : 81 KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.
Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

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