Psalms

Psalm 16:6

⁶The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places;

surely my inheritance is delightful.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The lines	חֲבָלִ֣ים	ḥă·ḇā·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2256 cord, territory, band
of my	לִ֭י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
have fallen	נָֽפְלוּ־	nā·p̄ə·lū-	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5307 fall, lie
in pleasant places	בַּנְּעִמִ֑ים	ban·nə·‘i·mîm	Preposition-b, Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H5273 pleasant, delightful
surely	אַף־	’ap̄-	Conjunction	H637 also, yea
my	עָלָֽי׃	‘ā·lāy	Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height
inheritance	נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת	na·ḥă·lāṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H5159 possession, property, inheritance
is delightful	שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה	šā·p̄ə·rāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H8231 be beautiful, fair, comely

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.