Psalms 20:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Save, Jehovah: Let the King answer us when we call.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֭מָּה כָּרְע֣וּ וְנָפָ֑לוּ וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ קַּ֝֗מְנוּ וַנִּתְעוֹדָֽד׃

Transliteration

hēmmâ kārĕʿû wĕnāpālû waʾănaḥnû qamnû wannitĕʿôdād

Grammar Details

*hēmmâ*: 3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they
*kārĕʿû*: perfect 3rd person plural - they bow down/collapse
*wĕnāpālû*: conjunction and perfect 3rd person plural - and they fall
*waʾănaḥnû*: conjunction and 1st person plural pronoun - but we
*qamnû*: perfect 1st person plural - we rise up
*wannitĕʿôdād*: conjunction and hitpael imperfect 1st person plural - and we stand upright

Word Meanings

*kārĕʿû*: bow down/collapse/kneel
*nāpālû*: fall/fall down/be defeated
*qamnû*: rise up/stand/recover
*nitĕʿôdād*: stand upright/stand firm/regain strength

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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

Ps 2:6-9 : 6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Ps 3:7 : 7 Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Ps 5:2 : 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; For unto thee do I pray.
Ps 17:6 : 6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, [and] hear my speech.
Ps 24:7 : 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in.
Ps 44:4 : 4 Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.
Ps 74:12 : 12 Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Ps 118:25-26 : 25 Save now, we beseech thee, O Jehovah: O Jehovah, we beseech thee, send now prosperity. 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of Jehovah: We have blessed you out of the house of Jehovah.
Matt 21:9 : 9 And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Matt 21:15 : 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were moved with indignation,

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