Psalms 22:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the [next] generation.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָכְל֬וּ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֨וּ ׀ כָּֽל־דִּשְׁנֵי־אֶ֗רֶץ לְפָנָ֣יו יִ֭כְרְעוּ כָּל־יוֹרְדֵ֣י עָפָ֑ר וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ לֹ֣א חִיָּֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾākəlû and-yištaḥăwû all-dišnê-ʾereṣ before-him yikrəʿû all-yôrədê ʿāpār and-napšô not ḥiyyâ

Grammar Details

*ʾākəlû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - 'they have eaten'
*yištaḥăwû*: verb, hishtaphel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will bow down'
*dišnê*: adjective, masculine plural construct - 'fat ones of'
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular - 'earth/land'
*yikrəʿû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will kneel'
*yôrədê*: verb, qal participle, masculine plural construct - 'those going down to'
*ʿāpār*: noun, masculine singular - 'dust'
*napšô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his soul'
*ḥiyyâ*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he preserved alive'

Word Meanings

*ʾākəlû*: they have eaten/will eat/feast
*yištaḥăwû*: they will bow down/prostrate themselves/worship
*dišnê*: fat ones/prosperous ones/rich ones of
*yikrəʿû*: they will kneel/bow down/bend the knee
*yôrədê*: those going down to/descending to
*ʿāpār*: dust/earth/soil
*ḥiyyâ*: he preserved alive/kept alive/sustained

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 14:5 : 5 There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.
Ps 24:6 : 6 This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, [even] Jacob. {H5542}
Ps 73:15 : 15 If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
Ps 87:6 : 6 Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. {H5542}
Ps 102:28 : 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.
Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
Matt 3:9 : 9 and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Gal 3:26-29 : 26 For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ. 28 There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one [man] in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, {G2532} heirs according to promise.
Heb 2:13 : 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given me.
1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a {G1519} people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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