King James Version

Psalms 119:103

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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מַהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.נִּמְלְצ֣וּnimletsvbe sweetמָלַץverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be sweet”, a completed actionH4452to be smooth, i.e. (figuratively) pleasantbe sweet.לְ֭חִכִּיlechikito mouthחֵךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to mouth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2441properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)(roof of the) mouth, taste.אִמְרָתֶ֗ךָimratekhacommandmentאִמְרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “commandment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH565{something said}commandment, speech, word.מִדְּבַ֥שׁmidvashfrom honeyדְּבַשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from honey”, the ordinary formH1706honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syruphoney(-comb).לְפִֽיlefito edgeפֶּהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to edge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according toaccord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] s…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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American Standard Version (1901)

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Young’s Literal Translation

How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

World English Bible

How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

Darby Translation

How sweet are thy *words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὡς γλυκέα τῷ λάρυγγί μου τὰ λόγιά σου, ὑπὲρ μέλι τῷ στόματί μου.