Psalms 16:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָמַ֣רְתְּ לַֽ֭יהוָה אֲדֹנָ֣י אָ֑תָּה ט֝וֹבָתִ֗י בַּל־עָלֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

ʾāmart to YHWH ʾădōnāy you ṭôḇātî bal-upon you

Grammar Details

*ʾāmart*: perfect verb, 2nd person feminine singular - you have said
to *YHWH*: preposition + divine name - to/for YHWH
*ʾădōnāy*: noun with 1st person suffix - my Lord
*ṭôḇātî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person suffix - my goodness/welfare
*bal*: negative particle - not/nothing
upon you: preposition with 2nd person masculine suffix - above/beyond you

Word Meanings

*ʾāmart*: you have said/you have spoken (possibly scribal error for אָמַרְתִּי 'I have said')
*YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah (divine name)
*ʾădōnāy*: my Lord/my Master
*ṭôḇātî*: my goodness/my welfare/my good
*bal*: not/never/nothing

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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 31:14 : 14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
Ps 73:25 : 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire{H8804)} beside thee.
Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Ps 91:2 : 2 I will say{H8799)} of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust{H8799)}.
Isa 26:13 : 13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
Isa 44:5 : 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Luke 17:10 : 10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say , We are unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do.
John 20:28 : 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Ps 89:26 : 26 He shall cry{H8799)} unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Ps 50:9-9 : 9 I will take{H8799)} no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Job 22:2-3 : 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Job 35:7-8 : 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Ps 8:1 : 1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Ps 27:8 : 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Rom 11:35 : 35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

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