Psalm 119:103
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!"
Word-by-Word Analysis
נִיחוֹחַ
nîychôwach
properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
טַעַם
ṭaʻam
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
דְּבַשׁ
dᵉbash
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
Key Terms in This Verse
טַעַם ṭaʻam
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
Study H2940 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink ab...
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