Psalms 119:71
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.”
מַעַן
properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
עָנָה
I was afflicted
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עָנָה
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
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לָמַד
I may learn
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לָמַד
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
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חֹק
decrees/ your
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חֹק
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
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טוֹב
it was good
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טוֹב
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
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