Psalms 24:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׂא֤וּ שְׁעָרִ֨ים ׀ רָֽאשֵׁיכֶ֗ם וּ֭שְׂאוּ פִּתְחֵ֣י עוֹלָ֑ם וְ֝יָבֹא מֶ֣לֶךְ הַכָּבֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

śĕʾû šĕʿārîm rāʾšêkem, and śĕʾû pitḥê ʿôlām, and yābōʾ melek the kābôd.

Grammar Details

*śĕʾû*: verb, Qal imperative masculine plural - lift up
*šĕʿārîm*: noun, masculine plural - gates
*rāʾšêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your heads
וּ: conjunction - and
*pitḥê*: noun, masculine plural construct - entrances of/doorways of
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - everlasting/ancient
וְ: conjunction - and
*yābōʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will come/enter
*melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
הַ: definite article - the
*kābôd*: noun, masculine singular - glory/honor

Word Meanings

*śĕʾû*: lift up/raise
*šĕʿārîm*: gates/city entrances
*rāʾšêkem*: your heads/your tops
*pitḥê*: entrances of/doorways of/openings of
*ʿôlām*: everlasting/ancient/eternal
*yābōʾ*: will come/will enter
*melek*: king of/ruler of
*kābôd*: glory/honor/splendor

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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