Psalms 26:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּחָנֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֣ה וְנַסֵּ֑נִי צָרְפָ֖ה כִלְיוֹתַ֣י וְלִבִּֽי׃

Transliteration

Bəḥānēnî YHWH and-nassēnî ṣārəp̄âh ḵilyôṯay and-libbî.

Grammar Details

*Bəḥānēnî*: qal imperative with 1st person singular suffix - examine me/test me
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*nassēnî*: piel imperative with 1st person singular suffix - try me/test me
*ṣārəp̄âh*: qal imperative feminine - refine/test/purify
*ḵilyôṯay*: noun plural with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my kidneys/inward parts
*libbî*: noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my heart

Word Meanings

*Bəḥānēnî*: examine me/test me/prove me
*nassēnî*: try me/test me/prove me
*ṣārəp̄âh*: refine/test/purify (as with metal in fire)
*ḵilyôṯay*: my kidneys/my inward parts/my mind (seat of emotion and moral character)
*libbî*: my heart/my mind/my inner self

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 7:9 : 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Ps 66:10 : 10 For thou, O God, hast proved{H8804)} us: thou hast tried{H8804)} us, as silver is tried{H8800)}.
Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Jer 20:12 : 12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
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.
Job 13:23 : 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Job 31:4-6 : 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

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