Psalms 135:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thy name, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; Thy memorial [name], O Jehovah, throughout all generations.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְ֭הוָה שִׁמְךָ֣ לְעוֹלָ֑ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה זִכְרְךָ֥ לְדֹר־וָדֹֽר׃

Transliteration

YHWH šimkā lᵉʿōlām YHWH zikrᵉkā lᵉdōr-wādōr

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*šimkā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name
*lᵉʿōlām*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - forever/for eternity
*zikrᵉkā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your remembrance/memorial
*lᵉdōr*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - to generation
*wādōr*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and generation

Word Meanings

*šimkā*: your name/your reputation/your character
*ʿōlām*: forever/eternity/perpetuity
*zikrᵉkā*: your remembrance/your memorial/your fame
*dōr-wādōr*: generation to generation/all generations

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Exod 3:15 : 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Ps 102:12 : 12 But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial [name] unto all generations.
Ps 102:21 : 21 That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem;
Hos 12:5 : 5 even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial [name].
Matt 6:9 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah. 6 And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth; 7 keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
Ps 8:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!
Ps 8:9 : 9 O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.
Ps 89:1 : 1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Matt 6:13 : 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one].

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