Psalms 33:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the inhabitants of the earth,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִֽמְּכוֹן־שִׁבְתּ֥וֹ הִשְׁגִּ֑יחַ אֶ֖ל כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

From-məḵôn-šibtô hišgîaḥ ʾel all-yōšəbê the-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*mi-mməḵôn*: masculine singular construct noun with preposition *min* (from) - from place/dwelling
*šibtô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his dwelling/sitting
*hišgîaḥ*: hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - looked/gazed
*ʾel*: preposition - to/toward
*kāl*: masculine singular construct - all/every
*yōšəbê*: masculine plural construct participle - inhabitants of/dwellers of
*hā-ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth/land

Word Meanings

*məḵôn*: place/fixed place/foundation/dwelling
*šibtô*: his dwelling/his seat/his habitation
*hišgîaḥ*: looked/gazed/watched/observed
*yōšəbê*: inhabitants of/dwellers of/those who live in
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 8:39 : 39 then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling - place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
1 Kgs 8:43 : 43 hear thou in heaven thy dwelling - place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.
Ps 123:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.
Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?
Luke 11:2 : 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honor and power eternal. Amen.
1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!
1 Kgs 8:30 : 30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling - place; and when thou hearest, forgive.

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