Psalms 27:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־אָבִ֣י וְאִמִּ֣י עֲזָב֑וּנִי וַֽיהוָ֣ה יַֽאַסְפֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

kî-ʾābî wə-ʾimmî ʿăzābûnî wa-YHWH yaʾaspēnî

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/when/because
*ʾābî*: noun masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my father
*wə-ʾimmî*: conjunction + noun feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and my mother
*ʿăzābûnî*: qal perfect 3rd person plural + 1st person singular suffix - they have forsaken me
*wa-YHWH*: conjunction + divine name - and YHWH
*yaʾaspēnî*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he will gather me

Word Meanings

*kî*: for/when/because/though/if
*ʾābî*: my father/ancestor
*ʾimmî*: my mother
*ʿăzābûnî*: they have forsaken/abandoned/left me
*yaʾaspēnî*: he will gather/take/receive me in

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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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Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Isa 49:15 : 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.
Isa 40:11 : 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those that have their young.
John 16:32 : 32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is {G3568} come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and [yet] I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
2 Tim 4:16 : 16 At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.
2 Sam 16:11 : 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more [may] this Benjamite now [do it]? let him alone, and let him curse; for Jehovah hath bidden him.
Ps 69:8 : 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.
Matt 10:21-22 : 21 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
Matt 10:36 : 36 and a man's foes [shall be] they of his own household.
John 9:35 : 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, he said, {G846} Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

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