Psalms 119:109

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{ "verseID": "Psalms.119.109", "source": "נַפְשִׁ֣י בְכַפִּ֣י תָמִ֑יד וְ֝תֽוֹרָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃", "text": "*napšî* in-*kappî* *tāmîd* and-*tôrātəkā* not *šākāḥtî*", "grammar": { "*napšî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*kappî*": "feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my palm/hand", "*tāmîd*": "adverb - continually/always", "*tôrātəkā*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law", "*šākāḥtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I have forgotten", "*bə-*": "preposition - in/with", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not" }, "variants": { "*napšî*": "my soul/life/self", "*kappî*": "my palm/hand", "*tāmîd*": "continually/always/perpetually", "*tôrātəkā*": "your law/instruction/teaching", "*šākāḥtî*": "I have forgotten" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נַפְשִׁ֣י בְכַפִּ֣י תָמִ֑יד וְ֝תֽוֹרָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃

Transliteration

napšî in-kappî tāmîd and-tôrātəkā not šākāḥtî

Grammar Details

• *napšî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
• *kappî*: feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my palm/hand
• *tāmîd*: adverb - continually/always
• *tôrātəkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law
• *šākāḥtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have forgotten
• *bə-*: preposition - in/with
• *wə-*: conjunction - and
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not

Word Meanings

• *napšî*: my soul/life/self
• *kappî*: my palm/hand
• *tāmîd*: continually/always/perpetually
• *tôrātəkā*: your law/instruction/teaching
• *šākāḥtî*: I have forgotten

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  My soul{H5315} is continually{H8548} in my hand;{H3709} Yet do I not forget{H7911} thy law.{H8451}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  My soul{H5315} is continually{H8548} in my hand{H3709}: yet do I not forget{H7911}{(H8804)} thy law{H8451}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  My soule is allwaye in my hode, yet do not I forget thy lawe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  My soule is alway in my hande: yet I do not forget thy lawe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  My soul is continually in my hand, Yet I won't forget your law.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  My soul `is' in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  My soul is ever in danger; but I still keep the memory of your law.

• World English Bible (2000)

  My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won't forget your law.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  My life is in continual danger, but I do not forget your law.

Referenced Verses

• Job 13:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Job.13.14", "source": "עַל־מָ֤ה ׀ אֶשָּׂ֣א בְשָׂרִ֣י בְשִׁנָּ֑י וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י אָשִׂ֥ים בְּכַפִּֽי׃", "text": "*ʿal*-*mâ* *ʾeśśāʾ* *beśārî* *bešinnāy* *wenap̄šî* *ʾāśîm* *bekappî*", "grammar": { "*ʿal*-*mâ*": "preposition + interrogative pronoun - for what", "*ʾeśśāʾ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I take", "*beśārî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my flesh", "*bešinnāy*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - in my teeth", "*wenap̄šî*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my life/soul", "*ʾāśîm*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I put", "*bekappî*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - in my palm/hand" }, "variants": { "*ʾeśśāʾ* *beśārî* *bešinnāy*": "take my flesh in my teeth/risk my body", "*nap̄šî* *ʾāśîm* *bekappî*": "put my life in my hand/risk my life" } }
• Judg 12:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Judges.12.3", "source": "וָֽאֶרְאֶ֞ה כִּֽי־אֵינְךָ֣ מוֹשִׁ֗יע וָאָשִׂ֨ימָה נַפְשִׁ֤י בְכַפִּי֙ וָֽאֶעְבְּרָה֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה בְּיָדִ֑י וְלָמָ֞ה עֲלִיתֶ֥ם אֵלַ֛י הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה לְהִלָּ֥חֶם בִּֽי", "text": "And *wāʾerʾeh* that-*ʾênəḵā* *môšîaʿ* and *wāʾāśîmāh* *nap̄šî* in-*ḇəḵappî* and *wāʾeʿbərāh* to-*bənê* *ʿammôn* and *wayyittənēm* *YHWH* in-*bəyāḏî* and-why *ʿălîṯem* to-me *hayyôm* *hazzeh* to-*lehillāḥem* against-me", "grammar": { "*wāʾerʾeh*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 1st common singular - and I saw", "*ʾênəḵā*": "negative particle + 2nd masculine singular suffix - you are not", "*môšîaʿ*": "Hiphil participle masculine singular - saving/delivering/helping", "*wāʾāśîmāh*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 1st common singular cohortative - and I put/placed", "*nap̄šî*": "feminine singular noun + 1st common singular suffix - my soul/life", "*ḇəḵappî*": "preposition + feminine dual noun + 1st common singular suffix - in my palms/hands", "*wāʾeʿbərāh*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 1st common singular cohortative - and I crossed over", "*bənê*": "masculine plural construct - sons of", "*ʿammôn*": "proper noun - Ammon", "*wayyittənēm*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he gave them", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*bəyāḏî*": "preposition + feminine singular noun + 1st common singular suffix - into my hand", "*ʿălîṯem*": "Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - you have come up", "*hayyôm*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the day", "*hazzeh*": "definite article + masculine singular demonstrative pronoun - this", "*lehillāḥem*": "preposition + Niphal infinitive construct - to fight" }, "variants": { "*môšîaʿ*": "deliverer/savior/rescuer", "*nap̄šî*": "my life/soul/self/person", "*ḇəḵappî*": "in my hands/in my palms [idiom for risking one's life]", "*wāʾeʿbərāh*": "I crossed over/I passed through/I went across" } }
• 1 Sam 19:5 : 5 { "verseID": "1 Samuel.19.5", "source": "וַיָּשֶׂם֩ אֶת־נַפְשׁ֨וֹ בְכַפּ֜וֹ וַיַּ֣ךְ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗י וַיַּ֨עַשׂ יְהוָ֜ה תְּשׁוּעָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאִ֖יתָ וַתִּשְׂמָ֑ח וְלָ֤מָּה תֶֽחֱטָא֙ בְּדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י לְהָמִ֥ית אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד חִנָּֽם׃", "text": "And *wayyāśem* *ʾeṯ*-his *nap̄šô* in his *ḇeḵappô* and *wayyak* *ʾeṯ*-the *happelištî*, and *wayyaʿaś* *YHWH* *tešûʿāh* *ḡeḏôlāh* for all-*Yiśrāʾēl*; you *rāʾîṯā* and *wattiśmāḥ*; and *welāmmāh* *ṯeḥĕṭāʾ* with *beḏām* *nāqî*, to *lehāmîṯ* *ʾeṯ*-*Dāwid* without cause?", "grammar": { "*wayyāśem*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he put'", "*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker", "*nap̄šô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his life/soul'", "*ḇeḵappô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'in his palm/hand'", "*wayyak*": "waw-consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he struck'", "*happelištî*": "definite article + proper noun, masculine singular - 'the Philistine'", "*wayyaʿaś*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he made'", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - 'LORD'", "*tešûʿāh*": "noun, feminine singular - 'salvation/victory/deliverance'", "*ḡeḏôlāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - 'great'", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - 'Israel'", "*rāʾîṯā*": "Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - 'you saw'", "*wattiśmāḥ*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - 'and you rejoiced'", "*welāmmāh*": "waw-conjunction + interrogative - 'and why'", "*ṯeḥĕṭāʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - 'you will sin'", "*beḏām*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - 'with blood of'", "*nāqî*": "adjective, masculine singular - 'innocent'", "*lehāmîṯ*": "preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - 'to kill'", "*ḥinnām*": "adverb - 'without cause/freely/for nothing'" }, "variants": { "*wayyāśem*": "put/placed/risked", "*nap̄šô*": "his life/his soul/himself", "*ḇeḵappô*": "in his palm/in his hand/at risk", "*wayyak*": "struck/defeated/killed", "*tešûʿāh*": "salvation/victory/deliverance", "*ṯeḥĕṭāʾ*": "sin/do wrong/be guilty", "*beḏām*": "with blood/by killing", "*nāqî*": "innocent/blameless/free from guilt", "*ḥinnām*": "without cause/without reason/for nothing" } }
• 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 { "verseID": "1 Samuel.20.3", "source": "וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע ע֜וֹד דָּוִ֗ד וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יָדֹ֨עַ יָדַ֜ע אָבִ֗יךָ כִּֽי־מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ וַיֹּ֛אמֶר אַל־יֵֽדַע־זֹ֥את יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן פֶּן־יֵֽעָצֵ֑ב וְאוּלָ֗ם חַי־יְהוָה֙ וְחֵ֣י נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ כִּ֣י כְפֶ֔שַׂע בֵּינִ֖י וּבֵ֥ין הַמָּֽוֶת", "text": "And *shava* again *David* and *amar*, \"*yadoa yada* *av* your that *matzati chen* in *eynaim* your, and *amar*, 'Not *yeda* this *Yehonatan* lest *ye'atzev*.' But *chai-YHWH* and *chei nephesh* your, *ki* like a *pesha* between me and between the *mavet*.\"", "grammar": { "*shava*": "Niphal imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - he swore", "*David*": "proper noun - David", "*amar*": "Qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - said", "*yadoa yada*": "Qal infinitive absolute + Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - surely knows", "*av*": "noun masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your father", "*matzati chen*": "Qal perfect 1st person singular + noun masculine singular - I have found favor", "*eynaim*": "noun feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes", "*yeda*": "Qal imperfect jussive 3rd person masculine singular - let know", "*Yehonatan*": "proper noun - Jonathan", "*ye'atzev*": "Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will be grieved", "*chai-YHWH*": "adjective construct + divine name - as YHWH lives", "*chei nephesh*": "adjective construct + noun feminine singular - as your soul lives", "*pesha*": "noun masculine singular - step", "*mavet*": "noun masculine singular with definite article - the death" }, "variants": { "*shava*": "swore/took an oath", "*yadoa yada*": "surely knows/certainly knows/definitely knows", "*matzati chen*": "I have found favor/grace/goodwill", "*yeda*": "let know/may know", "*ye'atzev*": "be grieved/be sorrowful/be pained", "*pesha*": "step/stride/pace", "*mavet*": "death/dying" } }
• Ps 119:83 : 83 { "verseID": "Psalms.119.83", "source": "כִּֽי־הָ֭יִיתִי כְּנֹ֣אד בְּקִיט֑וֹר חֻ֝קֶּ֗יךָ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃", "text": "For *kî* I have become *hāyîṯî* like a wineskin *kənōʾḏ* in smoke *bəqîṭôr*; your statutes *ḥuqqêḵā* not *lōʾ* I have forgotten *šāḵāḥtî*.", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*hāyîṯî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I have become/I have been", "*kənōʾḏ*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - like a wineskin", "*bəqîṭôr*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - in smoke", "*ḥuqqêḵā*": "masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*šāḵāḥtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I have forgotten" }, "variants": { "*hāyîṯî*": "I have become/I have been/I am", "*nōʾḏ*": "wineskin/bottle/container made of skin", "*bəqîṭôr*": "in smoke/in vapor", "*ḥuqqêḵā*": "your statutes/your decrees/your prescribed laws", "*šāḵāḥtî*": "I have forgotten/I neglect/I ignore" } }
• Ps 119:117 : 117 { "verseID": "Psalms.119.117", "source": "סְעָדֵ֥נִי וְאִוָּשֵׁ֑עָה וְאֶשְׁעָ֖ה בְחֻקֶּ֣יךָ תָמִֽיד׃", "text": "*səʿādēnî* and-*ʾiwwāšēʿâ* and-*ʾešʿâ* in-*ḥuqqêkā* *tāmîd*", "grammar": { "*səʿādēnî*": "qal imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - support me", "*ʾiwwāšēʿâ*": "niphal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - I will be saved", "*ʾešʿâ*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - I will regard/look to", "*ḥuqqêkā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes", "*tāmîd*": "adverb - continually/always", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*bə-*": "preposition - in/with" }, "variants": { "*səʿādēnî*": "support me/hold me up/sustain me", "*ʾiwwāšēʿâ*": "I will be saved/delivered/rescued", "*ʾešʿâ*": "I will regard/look to/gaze upon/delight in", "*ḥuqqêkā*": "your statutes/decrees/ordinances", "*tāmîd*": "continually/always/perpetually" } }
• Ps 119:152 : 152 { "verseID": "Psalms.119.152", "source": "קֶ֣דֶם יָ֭דַעְתִּי מֵעֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם יְסַדְתָּֽם׃", "text": "*qeḏem* *yāḏaʿtî* from *ʿēḏōtêkā* that to *ʿôlām* *yəsaḏtām*", "grammar": { "*qeḏem*": "masculine singular noun - of old/long ago", "*yāḏaʿtî*": "perfect, 1st person singular, qal - I knew", "*ʿēḏōtêkā*": "feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your testimonies", "*ʿôlām*": "masculine singular noun - eternity/forever", "*yəsaḏtām*": "perfect, 2nd person masculine singular, qal with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you founded them" }, "variants": { "*qeḏem*": "of old/long ago/from ancient times", "*yāḏaʿtî*": "I knew/I understood/I perceived", "*ʿēḏōtêkā*": "your testimonies/your witnesses/your laws", "*ʿôlām*": "eternity/forever/perpetuity", "*yəsaḏtām*": "you founded them/you established them/you ordained them" } }
• Rom 8:36 : 36 { "verseID": "Romans.8.36", "source": "Καθὼς γέγραπται, ὅτι Ἕνεκά σοῦ θανατούμεθα ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν· ἐλογίσθημεν ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς.", "text": "*Kathōs gegraptai, hoti Heneka sou thanatoumetha holēn tēn hēmeran; elogisthēmen hōs probata sphagēs*.", "grammar": { "*Kathōs*": "subordinating conjunction - just as", "*gegraptai*": "perfect passive indicative 3rd person singular - it has been written", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that", "*Heneka*": "preposition with genitive - for the sake of", "*sou*": "genitive 2nd person singular - you", "*thanatoumetha*": "present passive indicative 1st person plural - we are being put to death", "*holēn*": "accusative feminine singular - whole/all", "*tēn hēmeran*": "accusative feminine singular - the day", "*elogisthēmen*": "aorist passive indicative 1st person plural - we were considered", "*hōs*": "comparative particle - as/like", "*probata*": "nominative neuter plural - sheep", "*sphagēs*": "genitive feminine singular - of slaughter" }, "variants": { "*gegraptai*": "it has been written [perfect passive - completed action with continuing results]", "*Heneka sou*": "for your sake/on account of you", "*thanatoumetha*": "we are being put to death/killed [ongoing passive]", "*holēn tēn hēmeran*": "all day long/the whole day", "*elogisthēmen*": "we were considered/reckoned/regarded [completed passive action]", "*probata sphagēs*": "sheep of slaughter/sheep for slaughtering" } }
• 1 Cor 15:31 : 31 { "verseID": "1 Corinthians.15.31", "source": "Καθʼ ἡμέραν ἀποθνήσκω. Νὴ τὴν ὑμετέραν καύχησιν ἣν ἔχω ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν,", "text": "According to *hēmeran* I *apothnēskō*. *Nē* the *hymeteran kauchēsin* which I *echō* in *Christō Iēsou* the *Kyriō* of us,", "grammar": { "*kath'*": "preposition (kata with elision) - according to/every", "*hēmeran*": "accusative feminine singular - day", "*apothnēskō*": "present active indicative, 1st singular - I die", "*nē*": "particle of affirmation - by/indeed/truly", "*hymeteran*": "possessive adjective, accusative feminine singular - your", "*kauchēsin*": "accusative feminine singular - boasting/pride/glorying", "*hēn*": "relative pronoun, accusative feminine singular - which", "*echō*": "present active indicative, 1st singular - I have", "*en*": "preposition with dative - in", "*Christō*": "dative masculine singular - Christ", "*Iēsou*": "dative masculine singular - Jesus", "*Kyriō*": "dative masculine singular with article - Lord", "*hēmōn*": "personal pronoun, genitive plural - of us/our" }, "variants": { "*kath' hēmeran*": "daily/every day", "*apothnēskō*": "I die/I am dying/I face death", "*nē*": "by [oath formula]/truly/indeed", "*hymeteran kauchēsin*": "your boasting/your glorying/your pride", "*echō*": "have/possess/hold", "*Christō Iēsou*": "Christ Jesus", "*Kyriō*": "Lord/master" } }
• 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 { "verseID": "2 Corinthians.11.23", "source": "Διάκονοι Χριστοῦ εἰσιν; (παραφρονῶν λαλῶ) ὑπὲρ ἐγώ· ἐν κόποις περισσοτέρως, ἐν πληγαῖς ὑπερβαλλόντως, ἐν φυλακαῖς περισσοτέρως, ἐν θανάτοις πολλάκις.", "text": "*Diakonoi Christou eisin*? (*paraphronōn lalō*) above I [am]; in *kopois perissoterōs*, in *plēgais hyperballontōs*, in *phylakais perissoterōs*, in *thanatois pollakis*.", "grammar": { "*Diakonoi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - servants/ministers", "*Christou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ", "*eisin*": "present active indicative, 3rd plural - are/they are", "*paraphronōn*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being insane/out of mind", "*lalō*": "present active indicative, 1st singular - speak/talk", "*kopois*": "dative, masculine, plural - labors/hardships", "*perissoterōs*": "adverb comparative - more abundantly/more extensively", "*plēgais*": "dative, feminine, plural - blows/wounds/stripes", "*hyperballontōs*": "adverb - exceedingly/beyond measure", "*phylakais*": "dative, feminine, plural - imprisonments/prisons", "*thanatois*": "dative, masculine, plural - deaths/deadly perils", "*pollakis*": "adverb - often/frequently" }, "variants": { "*Diakonoi*": "servants/ministers/attendants", "*paraphronōn*": "being insane/out of mind/speaking as a madman", "*lalō*": "speak/talk/say", "*kopois*": "labors/hardships/troubles", "*perissoterōs*": "more abundantly/more extensively/far more", "*plēgais*": "blows/wounds/stripes/beatings", "*hyperballontōs*": "exceedingly/beyond measure/surpassingly", "*phylakais*": "imprisonments/prisons", "*thanatois*": "deaths/deadly perils/near-death experiences", "*pollakis*": "often/frequently/many times" } }