Psalms 139:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־נִכְחַ֥ד עָצְמִ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּ אֲשֶׁר־עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי בַסֵּ֑תֶר רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּי בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

Not-nikḥad ʿāṣmî from-you when-ʿuśśêtî bassēter; ruqqamtî in-taḥtiyyôt ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*nikḥad*: verb, Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it was hidden
*ʿāṣmî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my bone/frame/substance
*ʿuśśêtî*: verb, Pual perfect 1st person singular - I was made
*bassēter*: preposition + definite article + noun - in the secret place
*ruqqamtî*: verb, Pual perfect 1st person singular - I was skillfully wrought/embroidered
*taḥtiyyôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - depths of
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth

Word Meanings

*nikḥad*: hidden/concealed/kept secret
*ʿāṣmî*: my bone/my frame/my substance/my strength
*ʿuśśêtî*: made/formed/created
*bassēter*: in secret/in the hidden place/in privacy
*ruqqamtî*: skillfully wrought/embroidered/woven together
*taḥtiyyôt*: depths/lowest parts
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 63:9 : 9 But those that seek{H8762)} my soul, to destroy it, shall go{H8799)} into the lower parts of the earth.
Ps 139:13 : 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
Eccl 11:5 : 5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Job 10:8-9 : 8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
Exod 11:5 : 5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
Eph 4:9 : 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

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