Psalms 27:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְךָ֤ ׀ אָמַ֣ר לִ֭בִּי בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ פָנָ֑י אֶת־פָּנֶ֖יךָ יְהוָ֣ה אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

ləkā ׀ ʾāmar libbî baqqəšû pānāy ʾet-pāneykā YHWH ʾăbaqqēš

Grammar Details

*ləkā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to/for you
*ʾāmar*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it said
*libbî*: noun masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my heart
*baqqəšû*: piel imperative plural - seek
*pānāy*: noun masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my face
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*pāneykā*: noun masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face
*YHWH*: divine name - tetragrammaton
*ʾăbaqqēš*: piel imperfect 1st person singular - I will seek

Word Meanings

*ʾāmar*: said/spoke/thought
*libbî*: my heart/mind/inner being
*baqqəšû*: seek/search for/inquire after
*pānāy*: my face/presence
*pāneykā*: your face/presence/person
*ʾăbaqqēš*: I will seek/search for/inquire after

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 105:4 : 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Jer 29:12-13 : 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Ps 119:58 : 58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
Ps 24:6 : 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Ps 63:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek{H8762)} thee: my soul thirsteth{H8804)} for thee, my flesh longeth{H8804)} for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; 2 To see{H8800)} thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen{H8804)} thee in the sanctuary.
Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Hos 5:15 : 15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

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