Psalms 139:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גָּלְמִ֤י ׀ רָ֘א֤וּ עֵינֶ֗יךָ וְעַֽל־סִפְרְךָ֮ כֻּלָּ֢ם יִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּ יָמִ֥ים יֻצָּ֑רוּ *ולא **וְל֖וֹ אֶחָ֣ד בָּהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

gālmî rāʾû ʿênêkā and-upon-siprəkā kullām yikkātēbû yāmîm yuṣṣārû and-not/and-to-him ʾeḥād bāhem

Grammar Details

*gālmî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my unformed substance/embryo
*rāʾû*: verb, Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they saw
*ʿênêkā*: noun, feminine dual + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your eyes
*siprəkā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your book
*kullām*: noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - all of them
*yikkātēbû*: verb, Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they were written
*yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days
*yuṣṣārû*: verb, Pual perfect 3rd person common plural - they were formed
*ʾeḥād*: numeral - one
*bāhem*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in/among them

Word Meanings

*gālmî*: my unformed substance/my embryo/my developing body
*rāʾû*: saw/perceived/observed
*siprəkā*: your book/your scroll/your record
*yikkātēbû*: were written/were recorded
*yāmîm*: days/time
*yuṣṣārû*: were formed/were fashioned/were ordained
*ʾeḥād*: one/single/first
*wəlōʾ*: and not/though not
*wəlô*: and to him/yet for him

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 56:8 : 8 Thou tellest{H8804)} my wanderings: put{H8798)} thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
Mal 3:16 : 16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

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