Psalms 119:70

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

טָפַ֣שׁ כַּחֵ֣לֶב לִבָּ֑ם אֲ֝נִ֗י תּוֹרָתְךָ֥ שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי׃

Transliteration

Is gross ṭāp̄aš like fat kaḥēleḇ their heart libbām; I ʾănî your law tôrātəḵā I delight in šiʿăšāʿətî.

Grammar Details

*ṭāp̄aš*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - has grown fat/has become insensitive
*kaḥēleḇ*: preposition + noun masculine singular - like fat
*libbām*: noun masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their heart
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I, myself
*tôrātəḵā*: noun feminine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law/instruction
*šiʿăšāʿətî*: pilpel perfect 1st person singular - I delight in/take pleasure in

Word Meanings

*ṭāp̄aš*: grown fat/become insensitive/become dull
*ḥēleḇ*: fat/grease/choicest part
*libbām*: their heart/their mind/their inner being
*tôrātəḵā*: your law/your instruction/your teaching
*šiʿăšāʿətî*: I delight in/I take pleasure in/I enjoy

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 17:10 : 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Acts 28:27 : 27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:35 : 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight{H8804)} to do{H8800)} thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Ps 73:7 : 7 Their eyes stand out{H8804)} with fatness: they have more{H8804)} than heart could wish.
Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

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Ps 73:7
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7Their eyes stand out{H8804)} with fatness: they have more{H8804)} than heart could wish.
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8I delight{H8804)} to do{H8800)} thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Ps 119:174
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174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:77-78
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77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
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Ps 17:10
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10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Ps 119:47
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142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
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Ps 119:34-36
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34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
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Ps 119:16
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16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
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40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
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111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
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Rom 7:22
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22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Ps 119:162-163
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162I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
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158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
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71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
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Ps 119:97
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97MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:28-29
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28My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
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Ps 119:127
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127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Ps 119:150
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150They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
Ps 119:14
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14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
Ps 119:80
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80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
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119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
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140Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
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92Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
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Ps 119:53
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53Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
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Ps 119:2
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Ps 119:24
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