Psalms 124:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה שֶׁלֹּ֥א נְתָנָ֥נוּ טֶ֝֗רֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

bārûk YHWH that-not nətānānû ṭerep to-šinnêhem

Grammar Details

*bārûk*: passive participle qal masculine singular - blessed
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*šellōʾ*: relative pronoun + negative particle - who not
*nətānānû*: verb qal perfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - he gave us
*ṭerep*: noun masculine singular - prey/food
*ləšinnêhem*: preposition + noun feminine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to their teeth

Word Meanings

*bārûk*: blessed/praised
*ṭerep*: prey/torn food/ripping
*nətānānû ṭerep ləšinnêhem*: gave us as prey to their teeth/delivered us as food for their teeth

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Referenced Verses

Exod 15:9-9 : 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Judg 5:30-31 : 30 Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil? 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
1 Sam 26:20 : 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
Ps 17:9 : 9 From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.
Ps 118:13 : 13 Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.
Ps 145:5-6 : 5 Of the glorious majesty of thine honor, And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate. 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; And I will declare thy greatness.
Isa 10:14-19 : 14 and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped. 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him that is] not wood. 16 Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire. 17 And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day. 18 And he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth. 19 And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.

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