Psalms 132:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נִשְׁבַּֽע־יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לְדָוִ֡ד אֱמֶת֮ לֹֽא־יָשׁ֢וּב מִ֫מֶּ֥נָּה מִפְּרִ֥י בִטְנְךָ֑ אָ֝שִׁ֗ית לְכִסֵּא־לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

nišbaʿ-YHWH to-dāwid ʾĕmet not-yāšûb from-mimmennāh from-pərî biṭnəḵā ʾāšît to-kissēʾ-to-you

Grammar Details

• *nišbaʿ*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he swore
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *dāwid*: proper name with preposition lamed - to David
• *ʾĕmet*: noun - truth
• *yāšûb*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with negation - he will not turn back
• *mimmennāh*: from it (feminine singular)
• *pərî*: construct noun with preposition min - from fruit of
• *biṭnəḵā*: noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your body
• *ʾāšît*: qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will set/place
• *kissēʾ*: noun with preposition lamed - on throne

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕmet*: truth/faithfulness/fidelity
• *pərî biṭnəḵā*: fruit of your body/your offspring
• *ʾāšît ləḵissēʾ-lāḵ*: I will set on the throne for you/I will place on your throne

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 7:12 : 12 When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
• 2 Chr 6:16 : 16 Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as thou hast walked before me.
• Ps 89:3-4 : 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant: 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah
• Ps 110:4 : 4 Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
• Acts 2:30 : 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne;
• Heb 6:18 : 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
• 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
• Jer 33:20-26 : 20 Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season; 21 then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. 23 And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah did choose, he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night [stand] not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.
• Luke 1:32 : 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
• Luke 1:69-70 : 69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of his servant David 70 (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),
• Ps 89:33 : 33 But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
• Ps 89:35 : 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
• Ps 89:37 : 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, And [as] the faithful witness in the sky. {H5542}
• 2 Sam 7:14 : 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
• 2 Sam 7:16 : 16 And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
• 1 Kgs 8:25 : 25 Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
• 1 Chr 17:11-13 : 11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever. 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;