Psalms 19:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּכָל־הָאָ֨רֶץ ׀ יָ֘צָ֤א קַוָּ֗ם וּבִקְצֵ֣ה תֵ֭בֵל מִלֵּיהֶ֑ם לַ֝שֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ שָֽׂם־אֹ֥הֶל בָּהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

In-all-the-ʾāreṣ yāṣāʾ qawwām and-in-qəṣēh tēḇēl millêhem to-the-šemeš śām-ʾōhel in-them

Grammar Details

*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute with definite article - earth/land
*yāṣāʾ*: verb, qal perfect, 3ms - goes out/has gone out
*qawwām*: noun, masculine, singular with 3mp suffix - their line/measuring line
*qəṣēh*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - end of
*tēḇēl*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - world/inhabited world
*millêhem*: noun, feminine, plural, construct with 3mp suffix - their words
*šemeš*: noun, common, singular, absolute with definite article - sun
*śām*: verb, qal perfect, 3ms - placed/set
*ʾōhel*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - tent

Word Meanings

*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground/territory
*yāṣāʾ*: goes out/proceeds/extends
*qawwām*: their line/cord/measuring line/sound
*qəṣēh*: end/extremity/border
*tēḇēl*: world/inhabited part/habitable land
*millêhem*: their words/utterances/matters
*šemeš*: sun
*śām*: set/placed/established
*ʾōhel*: tent/dwelling/tabernacle

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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

Eccl 1:5 : 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
Isa 62:5 : 5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
1 Cor 9:24-26 : 24 Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. 25 And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they {G3303} [do it] to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
Phil 3:13-14 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Heb 12:1-2 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
John 3:29 : 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full.
Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

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