Psalms 144:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

[ When] our oxen are well laden; [When there is] no breaking in, and no going forth, And no outcry in our streets:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַלּוּפֵ֗ינוּ מְֽסֻבָּ֫לִ֥ים אֵֽין־פֶּ֭רֶץ וְאֵ֣ין יוֹצֵ֑את וְאֵ֥ין צְ֝וָחָ֗ה בִּרְחֹבֹתֵֽינוּ׃

Transliteration

Our ʾallûpênû mĕsubbālîm ʾên-pereṣ wĕʾên yôṣēʾt wĕʾên ṣĕwāḥâ birḥōbōtênû.

Grammar Details

• *ʾallûpênû*: noun masculine plural + 1st person plural suffix - our oxen/chiefs
• *mĕsubbālîm*: Pual participle masculine plural - laden/burdened
• *ʾên*: particle of negation - there is no
• *pereṣ*: noun masculine singular - breach/breaking
• *wĕʾên*: conjunction + particle of negation - and there is no
• *yôṣēʾt*: Qal participle feminine singular - going out/going forth
• *ṣĕwāḥâ*: noun feminine singular - outcry/cry of distress
• *birḥōbōtênû*: preposition + noun feminine plural + 1st person plural suffix - in our streets/open places

Word Meanings

• *ʾallûpênû*: our oxen/cattle/chiefs
• *mĕsubbālîm*: laden/burdened/bearing burdens
• *ʾên-pereṣ*: no breach/no breaking in (of walls)
• *ʾên yôṣēʾt*: no going out/no exile/no miscarrying
• *ʾên ṣĕwāḥâ*: no cry of distress/no outcry/no complaining
• *birḥōbōtênû*: in our streets/open places/town squares

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:7 : 7 Jehovah will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.
• Deut 28:25 : 25 Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Judg 5:8 : 8 They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
• Judg 6:3 : 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;
• Judg 6:6 : 6 And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah.
• 1 Sam 13:17-23 : 17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual; 18 and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looketh down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: 20 but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock; 21 yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads. 22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. 23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmash.
• 1 Sam 31:7 : 7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
• Isa 24:11 : 11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
• Jer 13:17-19 : 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is taken captive. 18 Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory. 19 The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.
• Jer 14:2 : 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
• Jer 14:18 : 18 If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, they that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.
• Lam 1:4-6 : 4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; All her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness. 5 Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; For Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: Her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary. 6 And from the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: Her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, And they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
• Zech 8:3-5 : 3 Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, The holy mountain. 4 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.