Original Language Studio
Psalms 40:2
“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קָוָהqâvâh · kaw-vaw'
H6960 · Hebrew
H6960 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
- Grammar
- קַוֺּ֣ה — verb Piel, infinitive absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 49 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:9Genesis 49:18Job 3:9Job 6:19Job 7:2
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 קָוָה 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.