Psalms 26:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּחָנֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֣ה וְנַסֵּ֑נִי צָרְפָ֖ה כִלְיוֹתַ֣י וְלִבִּֽי׃

Transliteration

Bəḥānēnî YHWH and-nassēnî ṣārəp̄âh ḵilyôṯay and-libbî.

Grammar Details

*Bəḥānēnî*: qal imperative with 1st person singular suffix - examine me/test me
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*nassēnî*: piel imperative with 1st person singular suffix - try me/test me
*ṣārəp̄âh*: qal imperative feminine - refine/test/purify
*ḵilyôṯay*: noun plural with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my kidneys/inward parts
*libbî*: noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my heart

Word Meanings

*Bəḥānēnî*: examine me/test me/prove me
*nassēnî*: try me/test me/prove me
*ṣārəp̄âh*: refine/test/purify (as with metal in fire)
*ḵilyôṯay*: my kidneys/my inward parts/my mind (seat of emotion and moral character)
*libbî*: my heart/my mind/my inner self

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 7:9 : 9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Ps 66:10 : 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts; 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
Jer 20:12 : 12 But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Job 13:23 : 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Job 31:4-6 : 4 Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps? 5 If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit 6 (Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

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