Psalms 51:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I was shapen{H8797)} in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive{H8765)} me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־פְ֭שָׁעַי אֲנִ֣י אֵדָ֑ע וְחַטָּאתִ֖י נֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד׃

Transliteration

For-pəšāʿay ʾănî ʾēdāʿ and-ḥaṭṭāʾtî negdî tāmîd

Grammar Details

*pəšāʿay*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my transgressions
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular personal pronoun - I
*ʾēdāʿ*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I know
*ḥaṭṭāʾtî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my sin
*negdî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - before me/opposite me
*tāmîd*: adverb - continually/always

Word Meanings

*pəšāʿay*: my transgressions/rebellions/crimes
*ʾēdāʿ*: I know/recognize/acknowledge
*ḥaṭṭāʾtî*: my sin/offense/failure
*negdî*: before me/opposite me/in front of me
*tāmîd*: continually/always/constantly

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 14:4 : 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Ps 58:3 : 3 The wicked are estranged{H8804)} from the womb: they go astray{H8804)} as soon as they be born, speaking{H8802)} lies.
Rom 5:12 : 12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Eph 2:3 : 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
John 3:6 : 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Job 15:14-16 : 14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Gen 8:21 : 21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Gen 5:3 : 3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

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