Psalms 18:45

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְשֵׁ֣מַֽע אֹ֭זֶן יִשָּׁ֣מְעוּ לִ֑י בְּנֵֽי־נֵ֝כָ֗ר יְכַחֲשׁוּ־לִֽי׃

Transliteration

To shema ozen yishame'u to me beney-nechar yecachashu-to me.

Grammar Details

*shema*: construct state, masculine singular - hearing of
*ozen*: feminine singular noun - ear
*yishame'u*: nifal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will obey
*beney*: construct state, masculine plural - sons of
*nechar*: masculine singular noun - foreignness
*yecachashu*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will submit

Word Meanings

*shema*: hearing of/report of/news of
*yishame'u*: they will obey/they will be obedient/they will listen
*beney*: sons of/children of
*nechar*: foreignness/foreign land/strangers
*yecachashu*: they will submit/they will feign obedience/they will cringe

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Mic 7:17 : 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
Jas 1:11 : 11 For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass: and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.
Rev 6:16 : 16 and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Isa 24:4 : 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.

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