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Psalms 119:34

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

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הֲ֭בִינֵנִיhavineniunderstandבִּיןverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “understand”, a commandH995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understandattend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) und…וְאֶצְּרָ֥הveetsrahand besiegedנָצַרconjunction, verb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “and besieged”, a determination or requestH5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).תֽוֹרָתֶ֗ךָtoratekhalawתּוֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuchlaw.וְאֶשְׁמְרֶ֥נָּהveeshmerenahand bewardשָׁמַרconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and beward”, an unfinished actionH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).בְכָלvekhalin allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).לֵֽבlevcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “comfortably”, the ordinary formH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Give me understanding, that I keep Thy law and observe it with my whole heart.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Young’s Literal Translation

Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.

World English Bible

Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

Darby Translation

Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Give me understanding, that I keep Thy law and observe it with my whole heart.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Instruct me, and I will search out thy law, and will keep it with my whole heart.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Συνέτισόν με, καὶ ἐξερευνήσω τὸν νόμον σου, καὶ φυλάξω αὐτὸν ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου.