Psalms 118:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פִּתְחוּ־לִ֥י שַׁעֲרֵי־צֶ֑דֶק אָֽבֹא־בָ֝ם אוֹדֶ֥ה יָֽהּ

Transliteration

Pitḥû-to-me šaʿărê-ṣedeq ʾābōʾ-in-them ʾôdeh Yāh

Grammar Details

*Pitḥû*: imperative, masculine plural - open
*lî*: preposition lamed with 1st person suffix - to/for me
*šaʿărê*: noun, masculine plural construct - gates of
*ṣedeq*: noun, masculine singular - righteousness
*ʾābōʾ*: imperfect, 1st person singular cohortative - I will enter
*bām*: preposition bet with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in them
*ʾôdeh*: imperfect, 1st person singular cohortative - I will give thanks
*Yāh*: divine name, shortened form - Yah

Word Meanings

*Pitḥû*: open/unlock
*šaʿărê*: gates/entrances
*ṣedeq*: righteousness/justice/rightness
*ʾābōʾ*: I will enter/I will come in/I will go in
*ʾôdeh*: I will give thanks/I will praise/I will acknowledge

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Isa 26:2 : 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in.
Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right [to come] to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
Ps 9:13-14 : 13 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death; 14 That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Ps 100:4 : 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name.
Ps 116:18-19 : 18 I will pay my vows unto Jehovah, Yea, in the presence of all his people, 19 In the courts of Jehovah's house, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.
Ps 66:13-15 : 13 I will come into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress. 15 I will offer unto thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, With the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. {H5542}
Ps 95:2 : 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
Isa 38:20 : 20 Jehovah is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.
Isa 38:22 : 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?

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