Psalms 28:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הוֹשִׁ֤יעָה ׀ אֶת־עַמֶּ֗ךָ וּבָרֵ֥ךְ אֶת־נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ וּֽרְעֵ֥ם וְ֝נַשְּׂאֵ֗ם עַד־הָעוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

Hôšîʿâ ʾet-ʿammekā and bārēk ʾet-naḥălātekā, and ûrĕʿēm and naśśĕʾēm unto hāʿôlām.

Grammar Details

*Hôšîʿâ*: hiphil imperative masculine singular - save/deliver
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʿammekā*: noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your people
*bārēk*: piel imperative masculine singular - bless
*naḥălātekā*: noun feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your inheritance/heritage
*ûrĕʿēm*: qal imperative masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and waw conjunction - and shepherd them
*naśśĕʾēm*: piel imperative masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and waw conjunction - and carry/lift them up
*hāʿôlām*: noun masculine singular with definite article - the eternity/everlasting

Word Meanings

*Hôšîʿâ*: save/deliver/rescue
*ʿammekā*: your people/your nation
*naḥălātekā*: your inheritance/your heritage/your possession
*ûrĕʿēm*: shepherd them/tend them/care for them
*naśśĕʾēm*: carry them/lift them up/sustain them
*hāʿôlām*: eternity/forever/everlasting

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Referenced Verses

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.
Deut 9:29 : 29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm.
Ps 78:71 : 71 From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
1 Kgs 8:51 : 51 (for they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);
Ezra 1:4 : 4 And whosoever is left, in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the freewill-offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.
Ps 14:7 : 7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
Ps 25:22 : 22 Redeem Israel, O God, Out all of his troubles.
1 Kgs 8:53 : 53 For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.
Isa 46:3 : 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;
Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Jer 31:7 : 7 For thus saith Jehovah, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Jehovah, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Ezek 34:23-24 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
Mic 5:4 : 4 And he shall stand, and shall feed his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
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.
Matt 2:6 : 6 And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, art in no wise least among the princes of Judah: for out of thee shall come forth a governor, who shall be shepherd of my people Israel.
Eph 1:18 : 18 having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, {G2532} what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Ps 80:14-19 : 14 Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, 15 And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. 18 So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name. 19 Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Deut 1:31 : 31 and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that Jehovah thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.
Deut 32:9 : 9 For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
2 Sam 7:7 : 7 In all places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?
2 Sam 21:3 : 3 and David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?

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