Psalm 78:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

Young's Literal Translation
I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

King James Bible
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Hebrew
I will open
אֶפְתְּחָ֣ה (’ep̄·tə·ḥāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

my mouth
פִּ֑י (pî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

in parables;
בְמָשָׁ֣ל (ḇə·mā·šāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4912: A pithy maxim, a simile

I will utter
אַבִּ֥יעָה (’ab·bî·‘āh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 5042: To gush forth, to utter, to emit

things hidden
חִ֝יד֗וֹת (ḥî·ḏō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2420: A riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question

from
מִנִּי־ (min·nî-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

of old,
קֶֽדֶם׃ (qe·ḏem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6924: The front, of place, time

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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