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Psalms 119:97

O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

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מָֽהmahhowמָהparticle, 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.אָהַ֥בְתִּיahavtiloveאָהַבverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “love”, a completed actionH157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.תוֹרָתֶ֑ךָtoratekhalawתּוֹרָהnoun, 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.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “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).הַ֝יּ֗וֹםhayomthe as long asיוֹםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…הִ֣יאhias for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.שִׂיחָתִֽיsichatimeditationשִׂיחָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “meditation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7881reflection; be extension, devotionmeditation, prayer.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

MEM. O how love I Thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

Young’s Literal Translation

[Mem.] O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it [is] my meditation.

World English Bible

How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

Darby Translation

MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

MEM. O how love I Thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

How I have loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὡς ἠγάπησα τὸν νόμον σου Κύριε; ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν μελέτη μου ἐστίν.