Psalms 16:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

[ O my soul], thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָמַ֣רְתְּ לַֽ֭יהוָה אֲדֹנָ֣י אָ֑תָּה ט֝וֹבָתִ֗י בַּל־עָלֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

ʾāmart to YHWH ʾădōnāy you ṭôḇātî bal-upon you

Grammar Details

*ʾāmart*: perfect verb, 2nd person feminine singular - you have said
to *YHWH*: preposition + divine name - to/for YHWH
*ʾădōnāy*: noun with 1st person suffix - my Lord
*ṭôḇātî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person suffix - my goodness/welfare
*bal*: negative particle - not/nothing
upon you: preposition with 2nd person masculine suffix - above/beyond you

Word Meanings

*ʾāmart*: you have said/you have spoken (possibly scribal error for אָמַרְתִּי 'I have said')
*YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah (divine name)
*ʾădōnāy*: my Lord/my Master
*ṭôḇātî*: my goodness/my welfare/my good
*bal*: not/never/nothing

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 31:14 : 14 But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou art my God.
Ps 73:25 : 25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Ps 91:2 : 2 I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust.
Isa 26:13 : 13 [O Jehovah] [our God,] [other lords] [besides] [thee have had dominion] [over us; but by thee only will we make mention] [of thy name.]
Isa 44:5 : 5 One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.
Luke 17:10 : 10 Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.
John 20:28 : 28 {G2532} Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Ps 89:26 : 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.
Ps 50:9-9 : 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Job 22:2-3 : 2 Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself. 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Job 35:7-8 : 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand? 8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; And thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man.
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 27:8 : 8 [ When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
Rom 11:35 : 35 or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

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