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align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Text Analysis</div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/psalms/17-8.htm">Go to Parallel Hebrew</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" class="maintext"><tr><td class="top" width="25%">Strong's</td><td class="top" width="25%">Hebrew</td><td class="top" width="25%">English</td><td class="top" width="25%">Morphology</td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 8104: 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to keep, have charge of <BR> 1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life <BR> 1a2a) watch, watchman (participle) <BR> 1a3) to watch for, wait for <BR> 1a4) to watch, observe <BR> 1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory) <BR> 1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain <BR> 1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow) <BR> 1a8) to keep, preserve, protect <BR> 1a9) to keep, reserve <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware <BR> 1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain <BR> 1b3) to be kept, be guarded <BR> 1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed <BR> 1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from">8104</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 8104 -- Occurrence 293 of 469">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">שָׁ֭מְרֵנִי<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/mereni_8104.htm" title="me·re·ni: Keep -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">mə-rê-nî</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Keep me</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular :: first person common singular">V-Qal-Imp-ms | 1cs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/380.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 380: 1) pupil of the eye <BR> 2) middle of the night (that is the deepest blackness)">380</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_380.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 380 -- Occurrence 2 of 5">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">כְּאִישׁ֣וֹן<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/keishon_380.htm" title="ke·'i·Shon: as the apple -- Occurrence 2 of 3.">kə-’î-šō-wn</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">as the apple</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-k :: Noun - masculine singular construct">Prep-k | N-msc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1323: n f<BR> 1) daughter <BR> 1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin <BR> 1a1) as polite address <BR> n pr f <BR> 1a2) as designation of women of a particular place <BR> 2) young women, women <BR> 1a3) as personification <BR> 1a4) daughter-villages <BR> 1a5) description of character">1323</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1323 -- Occurrence 413 of 589">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">בַּת־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/bat_1323.htm" title="bat-: first -- Occurrence 104 of 167.">baṯ-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">of</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine singular construct">N-fsc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5869: 1) eye <BR> 1a) eye <BR> 1a1) of physical eye <BR> 1a2) as showing mental qualities <BR> 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) <BR> 2) spring, fountain">5869</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5869 -- Occurrence 546 of 887">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">עָ֑יִן<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ayin_5869.htm" title="'A·yin;: of the eye -- Occurrence 10 of 22.">‘ā-yin;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Your eye</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - common singular">N-cs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6738.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6738: 1) shadow, shade <BR> 1a) shadow (on dial) <BR> 1b) shadow, shade (as protection) <BR> 1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life)">6738</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6738.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6738 -- Occurrence 14 of 49">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">בְּצֵ֥ל<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/betzel_6738.htm" title="be·Tzel: the shadow -- Occurrence 2 of 12.">bə-ṣêl</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">under the shadow</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-b :: Noun - masculine singular construct">Prep-b | N-msc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3671.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3671: 1) wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt <BR> 1a) wing <BR> 1b) extremity <BR> 1b1) skirt, corner (of garment)">3671</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3671.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3671 -- Occurrence 50 of 109">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">כְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/kenafeicha_3671.htm" title="ke·na·Fei·cha,: of your wings -- Occurrence 1 of 5.">kə-nā-p̄e-ḵā,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">of Your wings</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine plural construct :: second person masculine singular">N-fpc | 2ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5641.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5641: 1) to hide, conceal <BR> 1a) (Niphal) <BR> 1a1) to hide oneself <BR> 1a2) to be hidden, be concealed <BR> 1b) (Piel) to hide carefully <BR> 1c) (Pual) to be hidden carefully, be concealed <BR> 1d) (Hiphil) to conceal, hide <BR> 1e) (Hithpael) to hide oneself carefully">5641</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5641.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5641 -- Occurrence 29 of 80">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">תַּסְתִּירֵֽנִי׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/tastireni_5641.htm" title="tas·ti·Re·ni.: Hide -- Occurrence 2 of 3.">tas-tî-rê-nî.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Hide me</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular :: first 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preserve">מְרֵנִי</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/380.htm" title="ke·'i·sho·vn: as the apple -- 380: the pupil (of the eye)">כְּאִישֹׁ֣ון</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1323.htm" title="bat-: first -- 1323: daughter">בַּת־</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5869.htm" title="a·yin;: of the eye -- 5869: an eye">עָ֑יִן</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6738.htm" title="be·tzel: the shadow -- 6738: a shadow">בְּצֵ֥ל</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3671.htm" title="ke·na·fei·cha: of your wings -- 3671: wing, extremity">כְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5641.htm" title="tas·ti·re·ni.: Hide -- 5641: to hide, conceal">תַּסְתִּירֵֽנִי׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/psalms/17.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8104.htm" title="shamar (shaw-mar') -- beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe">Keep</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/380.htm" title="'iyshown (ee-shone') -- apple (of the eye), black, obscure">me as the apple</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1323.htm" title="bath (bath) -- apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village">of the eye</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5869.htm" title="ayin (ah'-yin) -- affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance">__</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5641.htm" title="cathar (saw-thar') -- be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely">hide</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6738.htm" title="tsel (tsale) -- defence, shade(-ow)">me under the shadow</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3671.htm" title="kanaph (kaw-nawf') -- + bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), X flying, + (one an-)other, overspreading, X quarters, skirt, X sort, uttermost part, wing((-ed))">of thy wings</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/17.htm">תהילים 17:8 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">מְרֵנִי כְּאִישֹׁ֣ון בַּת־עָ֑יִן בְּצֵ֥ל כְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָ תַּסְתִּירֵֽנִי׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/17.htm">תהילים 17:8 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">מרני כאישון בת־עין בצל כנפיך תסתירני׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/17.htm">תהילים 17:8 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">מרני כאישון בת־עין בצל כנפיך תסתירני׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/17.htm">תהילים 17:8 Hebrew 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found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/7-2.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 7:2</span> Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of your eye.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/zechariah/2-8.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Zechariah 2:8</span> For thus said the LORD of hosts; After the glory has he sent me to …</a></p><p class="hdg">hide</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/36-7.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 36:7</span> How excellent is your loving kindness, O God! therefore the children …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/57-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 57:1</span> Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me: for my soul trusts in …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/61-4.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 61:4</span> I will abide in your tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/63-7.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 63:7</span> Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/91-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 91:1,4</span> He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/ruth/2-12.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Ruth 2:12</span> The LORD recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Matthew 23:37</span> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets, and stone them …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Luke 13:34</span> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kill the prophets, and stone them that …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a 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