Psalms 131:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־לֹ֤א שִׁוִּ֨יתִי ׀ וְדוֹמַ֗מְתִּי נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּ֭גָמֻל עֲלֵ֣י אִמּ֑וֹ כַּגָּמֻ֖ל עָלַ֣י נַפְשִֽׁי

Transliteration

if-not šiwwîtî wə-dômamtî nap̄šî like-gāmul upon ʾimmô like-the-gāmul upon-me nap̄šî

Grammar Details

*šiwwîtî*: piel perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have composed/made level/calmed'
*wə*: conjunction - 'and'
*dômamtî*: polel perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have silenced/stilled'
*nap̄šî*: noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my soul'
*gāmul*: passive participle, masculine singular - 'weaned child'
*ʿălê*: preposition with construct state - 'upon'
*ʾimmô*: noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his mother'
*ka*: preposition - 'like/as'
*ha-gāmul*: passive participle with definite article - 'the weaned child'
*ʿālay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - 'upon me'

Word Meanings

*ʾim-lōʾ*: surely/certainly (oath formula)/if not
*šiwwîtî*: to set/place/compose/calm/level
*dômamtî*: to be silent/still/quiet/at rest
*nap̄šî*: my soul/myself/my life/my being
*gāmul*: weaned child/infant

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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

1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
John 14:1-2 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
Isa 30:15 : 15 For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. And ye would not:
Lam 3:26 : 26 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
Matt 18:3-4 : 3 and said, Truly I say unto you, Except you turn, and become as little sons, you shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Mark 10:15 : 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.
Luke 21:19 : 19 In your patience ye shall win your souls.
1 Sam 24:10 : 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah's anointed.
1 Sam 25:32-33 : 32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me: 33 and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.
2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation: 26 but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
2 Sam 16:11-12 : 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more [may] this Benjamite now [do it]? let him alone, and let him curse; for Jehovah hath bidden him. 12 It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day.
Ps 42:5 : 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him [For] the help of his countenance.
Ps 42:11 : 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.
Ps 43:5 : 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.
Ps 62:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. My soul waiteth in silence for God only: From him [cometh] my salvation.

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