Psalms 33:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, That considereth all their works.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַיֹּצֵ֣ר יַ֣חַד לִבָּ֑ם הַ֝מֵּבִ֗ין אֶל־כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

The-yôṣēr yaḥad libbām the-mēbîn ʾel-all-maʿăśêhem

Grammar Details

*ha-yôṣēr*: qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one forming/fashioning
*yaḥad*: adverb - together/alike
*libbām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their heart
*ha-mēbîn*: hiphil participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one understanding/discerning
*ʾel*: preposition - to/toward
*kāl*: masculine singular construct - all/every
*maʿăśêhem*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their deeds/works

Word Meanings

*yôṣēr*: one forming/fashioning/creating/molding
*yaḥad*: together/alike/at once
*libbām*: their heart/their mind/their innermost being
*mēbîn*: one understanding/discerning/considering/attending to
*maʿăśêhem*: their deeds/their works/their actions

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 32:19 : 19 great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
Ps 44:21 : 21 Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Prov 22:2 : 2 The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
Prov 24:12 : 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?
Prov 27:19 : 19 As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man.
Eccl 7:29 : 29 Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Job 10:8 : 8 Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Job 11:11 : 11 For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.
Job 34:21-22 : 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings. 22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Acts 17:26 : 26 and he made of one {G129} every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined [their] appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;
1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Wherefore judge {G5100} nothing before {G302} the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.
Hos 7:2 : 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.

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