Psalms 118:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will give thanks unto thee; for thou hast answered me, And art become my salvation.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

א֭וֹדְךָ כִּ֣י עֲנִיתָ֑נִי וַתְּהִי־לִ֝֗י לִֽישׁוּעָֽה

Transliteration

ʾôdəkā because ʿănîtānî and-you-became to-me to-yəšûʿāh

Grammar Details

*ʾôdəkā*: imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I will thank you
*ʿănîtānî*: perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person suffix - you answered me
*watəhî-lî*: imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with waw consecutive and preposition lamed with 1st person suffix - and you became to me
*yəšûʿāh*: noun, feminine singular with prefix lamed - to salvation

Word Meanings

*ʾôdəkā*: I will thank you/I will praise you/I will acknowledge you
*ʿănîtānî*: you answered me/you responded to me
*yəšûʿāh*: salvation/deliverance/victory

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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

Ps 116:1 : 1 I love Jehovah, because he heareth My voice and my supplications.
Ps 118:14 : 14 Jehovah is my strength and song; And he is become my salvation.
Isa 49:8 : 8 Thus saith Jehovah, In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages:
Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
Exod 15:2 : 2 Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him.
Ps 22:23-24 : 23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.
Ps 69:33-34 : 33 For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners. 34 Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein.

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