Psalms 116:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֽ͏ָנָּ֣ה יְהוָה֮ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֢י עַ֫בְדֶּ֥ךָ אֲ‍ֽנִי־עַ֭בְדְּךָ בֶּן־אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ פִּ֝תַּ֗חְתָּ לְמוֹסֵרָֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾānnâ YHWH for ʾănî ʿavdeḵā ʾănî-ʿavdeḵā ben-ʾămāteḵā pittaḥtā le-môsērāy

Grammar Details

*ʾānnâ*: interjection - oh now/please/I beseech
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*kî*: conjunction - for/because/that
*ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*ʿavdeḵā*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
*ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*ʾămāteḵā*: noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your maidservant
*pittaḥtā*: verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have loosed
*le-môsērāy*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my bonds

Word Meanings

*ʾānnâ*: please/I beseech you/oh now
*ʿavdeḵā*: your servant/your slave
*ʾămāteḵā*: your maidservant/your female servant
*pittaḥtā*: you have loosed/you have freed/you have opened
*môsērāy*: my bonds/my chains/my fetters

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 86:16 : 16 Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.
Ps 119:125 : 125 I am thy servant; Give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.
Ps 143:12 : 12 And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, And destroy all them that afflict my soul; For I am thy servant.
Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound;
John 12:26 : 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.
Acts 27:23 : 23 For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, {G1510} whom also I serve,
Rom 6:22 : 22 But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.
Jas 1:1 : 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.
Ps 107:14-16 : 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder. 15 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.
2 Chr 33:11-13 : 11 Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 12 And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 And he prayed unto him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God.

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