Psalms 149:2

American Standard Version (1901)

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִשְׂמַ֣ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל בְּעֹשָׂ֑יו בְּנֵֽי־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן יָגִ֥ילוּ בְמַלְכָּֽם׃

Transliteration

yiśmaḥ yiśrāʾēl in-ʿōśāyw bənê-ṣiyyôn yāgîlû in-malkām

Grammar Details

• *yiśmaḥ*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - he will rejoice/let him rejoice
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʿōśāyw*: participle, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix with preposition bet - in his makers
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/children of
• *ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
• *yāgîlû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, qal - they will rejoice/let them rejoice
• *malkām*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix with preposition bet - in their king

Word Meanings

• *yiśmaḥ*: rejoice/be glad/delight
• *ʿōśāyw*: his makers/his creator/the one who made him
• *bənê*: sons/children/descendants
• *yāgîlû*: rejoice/be joyful/exult
• *malkām*: their king/their monarch/their ruler

Referenced Verses

• Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
• Job 35:10 : 10 But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,
• Ps 95:6 : 6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:
• Ps 100:1-3 : 1 [A Psalm of thanksgiving]. Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all ye lands. 2 Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing. 3 Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
• Ps 135:3-4 : 3 Praise ye Jehovah; For Jehovah is good: Sing praises unto his name; For it is pleasant. 4 For Jehovah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [And] Israel for his own possession.
• Isa 52:7 : 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
• Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Isa 62:11-12 : 11 Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 12 And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of Jehovah: and thou shalt be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
• Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first [month] .
• Ps 47:6 : 6 Sing praise to God, sing praises: Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
• Deut 7:6-7 : 6 For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. 7 Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
• Deut 12:7 : 7 and there ye shall eat before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.
• 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.
• Matt 21:5 : 5 Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, Meek, and riding upon an ass, And upon a colt the foal of an ass.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Luke 19:27 : 27 But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
• Luke 19:38 : 38 saying, Blessed [is] the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
• John 19:15 : 15 They therefore cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him! Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
• John 19:19-22 : 19 And Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. And there was written, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 This title therefore read many of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city; and it was written in Hebrew, [and] in Latin, [and] in Greek. 21 The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
• Phil 3:3 : 3 for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:
• Rev 19:6 : 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.