Psalms 23:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּ֤ם כִּֽי־אֵלֵ֨ךְ בְּגֵ֪יא צַלְמָ֡וֶת לֹא־אִ֘ירָ֤א רָ֗ע כִּי־אַתָּ֥ה עִמָּדִ֑י שִׁבְטְךָ֥ וּ֝מִשְׁעַנְתֶּ֗ךָ הֵ֣מָּה יְנַֽחֲמֻֽנִי׃

Transliteration

Gam kî-'ēlēk begê' ṣalmāwet lō'-'îrā' rā' kî-'attāh 'immādî; šibṭekā ûmiš'antekā hēmmāh yenaḥamunî.

Grammar Details

*gam*: adverb - also/even
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*'ēlēk*: verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I walk/go
*begê'*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - in valley of
*ṣalmāwet*: noun, masculine, singular - deep darkness/shadow of death
*lō'-'îrā'*: negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will not fear
*rā'*: noun, masculine, singular - evil/harm
*'attāh*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
*'immādî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - with me
*šibṭekā*: noun, masculine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your rod/staff
*ûmiš'antekā*: conjunction + noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your staff/support
*hēmmāh*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - they
*yenaḥamunî*: verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - they comfort/console me

Word Meanings

*gê' ṣalmāwet*: valley of deep shadow/valley of the shadow of death/dark valley
*'îrā'*: I will fear/I will be afraid
*rā'*: evil/harm/misfortune/disaster
*šibṭekā*: your rod/your staff/your scepter
*miš'antekā*: your staff/your support/your walking stick
*yenaḥamunî*: they comfort me/they console me/they give me courage

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Referenced Verses

Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Ps 138:7 : 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will save me.
Ps 118:6 : 6 Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me?
Ps 3:6 : 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people That have set themselves against me round about.
Mic 7:14 : 14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell solitarily, in the forest in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Isa 43:1-2 : 1 But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Ps 46:1-3 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {H5542}
Job 10:21-22 : 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, [Even] to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death; 22 The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
2 Tim 4:22 : 22 The Lord {G2424} {G5547} be with thy spirit. Grace be with you.
1 Cor 15:55-57 : 55 O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law: 57 but thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ps 27:1-4 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident. 4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
Ps 46:11 : 11 Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. {H5542}
Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Luke 1:79 : 79 To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.
Acts 18:9-9 : 9 And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace: 10 for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.
Ps 44:19 : 19 That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
Job 3:5 : 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.
Jer 2:6 : 6 Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Ps 14:5 : 5 There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.
Job 24:17 : 17 For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
Ps 110:2 : 2 Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Zech 11:10 : 10 And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.
Zech 8:23 : 23 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days [it shall come to pass], that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.
Zech 11:14 : 14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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