Psalms 119:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּ֭לִבִּי צָפַ֣נְתִּי אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ לְ֝מַ֗עַן לֹ֣א אֶֽחֱטָא־לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

In-libbî ṣāp̄antî ʾimrāteḵā for-maʿan not ʾeḥĕṭā-to-you

Grammar Details

• In-*libbî*: preposition *bə* + masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - in my heart
• *ṣāp̄antî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular - I have hidden/treasured
• *ʾimrāteḵā*: feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your word/saying
• for-*maʿan*: preposition *lə* + conjunction - for the purpose that
• not *ʾeḥĕṭā*-to-you: negative particle + Qal imperfect 1st person singular + preposition *lə* + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I will not sin against you

Word Meanings

• *libbî*: my heart/mind/inner self
• *ṣāp̄antî*: I have hidden/treasured/stored up
• *ʾimrāteḵā*: your word/saying/speech/promise
• *maʿan*: purpose/intent/in order that
• *ʾeḥĕṭā*: sin/miss the mark/offend

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:31 : 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
• Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight{H8804)} to do{H8800)} thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
• Jer 15:16 : 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
• Ps 119:97 : 97 MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
• Ps 1:2 : 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
• Prov 2:10-11 : 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
• Isa 51:7 : 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
• Job 22:22 : 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
• Luke 2:19 : 19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
• Luke 2:51 : 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
• Prov 2:1 : 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
• Ps 19:13 : 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.