Psalms 139:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶ֭סְפְּרֵם מֵח֣וֹל יִרְבּ֑וּן הֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִי וְעוֹדִ֥י עִמָּֽךְ׃

Transliteration

ʾesppərēm from-ḥôl yirbûn; hĕqîṣōtî and-ʿôdî ʿimmāk

Grammar Details

*ʾesppərēm*: verb, Qal imperfect 1st person singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I count them
*ḥôl*: noun, masculine singular - sand
*yirbûn*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural paragogic nun - they are more numerous
*hĕqîṣōtî*: verb, Hiphil perfect 1st person singular - I awake
*ʿôdî*: adverb + 1st person singular suffix - still I
*ʿimmāk*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with you

Word Meanings

*ʾesppərēm*: count them/enumerate them/recount them
*ḥôl*: sand/seashore
*yirbûn*: more numerous/multiply/increase
*hĕqîṣōtî*: awake/wake up/arise
*ʿôdî*: still I/yet I/continuously I

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Ps 3:5 : 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Ps 139:3 : 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Isa 26:19 : 19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
1 Thess 5:10 : 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Ps 16:8-9 : 8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful{H8737)} works which thou hast done{H8804)}, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order{H8800)} unto thee: if I would declare{H8686)} and speak{H8762)} of them, they are more{H8804)} than can be numbered{H8763)}.
Ps 40:12 : 12 For innumerable evils have compassed{H8804)} me about: mine iniquities have taken hold{H8689)} upon me, so that I am not able{H8804)} to look up{H8800)}; they are more{H8804)} than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth{H8804)} me.
Ps 63:6-7 : 6 When I remember{H8804)} thee upon my bed, and meditate{H8799)} on thee in the night watches. 7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice{H8762)}.

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