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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.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בִּיןbîyn · bene
H995 · Hebrew
H995 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- attend, 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) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
- Grammar
- הֲ֭בִינֵ — verb Hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- נִי — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 171 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 41:33Genesis 41:39Deuteronomy 1:13Deuteronomy 4:6Deuteronomy 32:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בִּין here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.