Psalms 119:97

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מָֽה־אָהַ֥בְתִּי תוֹרָתֶ֑ךָ כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם הִ֣יא שִׂיחָתִֽי׃

Transliteration

How mâ I love ʾāhaḇtî your law ṯôrāṯêḵā! All kāl the day hayyôm it hîʾ is my meditation śîḥāṯî.

Grammar Details

*mâ*: interrogative pronoun used as exclamation - how!
*ʾāhaḇtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I love
*ṯôrāṯêḵā*: noun feminine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law
*kāl*: noun masculine singular construct - all of
*hayyôm*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the day
*hîʾ*: 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - it/she
*śîḥāṯî*: noun feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my meditation

Word Meanings

*mâ*: how!/how much!
*ʾāhaḇtî*: I love/I cherish/I adore
*ṯôrāṯêḵā*: your law/your instruction/your teaching
*hayyôm*: the day/all day long/throughout the day
*śîḥāṯî*: my meditation/my conversation/my thought

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 1:2 : 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Ps 119:48 : 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Ps 119:127 : 127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Ps 119:159 : 159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:165 : 165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Ps 119:167 : 167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
Prov 2:10 : 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Prov 18:1 : 1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Ps 119:113 : 113 SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
Deut 6:6-9 : 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Deut 17:19 : 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
Josh 1:8 : 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

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Ps 119:47-48
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47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Ps 119:159
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159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:127
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127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Ps 119:76-77
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76Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
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Ps 119:167-168
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167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:10-16
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10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
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13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
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Ps 119:111-113
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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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98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
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Ps 119:174
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174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:33-35
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33HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
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163I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
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129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
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55I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
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140Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
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27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
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17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!