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Psalms 119:71 Interlinear

“It is good for me that I have been afflicted that I might learn thy statutes”

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Psalms 119 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	טֽוֹב	H2896	It is good	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
2	לִ֥י	H0
3	כִֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
4	עֻנֵּ֑יתִי	H6031	for me that I have been afflicted	to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
5	לְ֝מַ֗עַן	H4616		properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
6	אֶלְמַ֥ד	H3925	that I might learn	properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
7	חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃	H2706	thy statutes	an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)

Psalms 119:71 (current)It is good for me that I have been afflicted that I might learn thy statutes