Psalms 33:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַשְׁרֵ֣י הַ֭גּוֹי אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑יו הָעָ֓ם ׀ בָּחַ֖ר לְנַחֲלָ֣ה ל‪[c]‬וֹ׃

Transliteration

ʾAšrê the-gôy which-YHWH ʾĕlōhāyw the-ʿām bāḥar for-naḥălāh for-him

Grammar Details

*ʾAšrê*: masculine plural construct noun - blessedness of/happiness of
*ha-gôy*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the nation
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*YHWH*: divine name
*ʾĕlōhāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his God
*hā-ʿām*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the people
*bāḥar*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - chose/selected
*lə-naḥălāh*: feminine singular noun with preposition *lə-* (for) - inheritance/possession
*lô*: preposition *lə-* with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - for him/himself

Word Meanings

*ʾAšrê*: blessed/happy/fortunate
*gôy*: nation/people/gentiles
*ʾĕlōhāyw*: his God/his gods/his deity
*ʿām*: people/nation/folk
*bāḥar*: chose/selected/elected
*naḥălāh*: inheritance/possession/property

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 144:15 : 15 Happy is the people that is in such a case; [Yea], happy is the people whose God is Jehovah.
Ps 65:4 : 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee], That he may dwell in thy courts: We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, Thy holy temple.
Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
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:
John 15:16 : 16 Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that {G5100} whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Eph 1:4 : 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
Ps 28:9 : 9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.
Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Deut 7:6-8 : 6 For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. 7 Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples: 8 but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Ps 135:4 : 4 For Jehovah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [And] Israel for his own possession.
Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation; And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah.
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.

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