Psalms 33:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְהַצִּ֣יל מִמָּ֣וֶת נַפְשָׁ֑ם וּ֝לְחַיּוֹתָ֗ם בָּרָעָֽב׃

Transliteration

To-haṣṣîl from-māwet nafšām and-to-ḥayyôtām in-the-rāʿāb

Grammar Details

*lə-haṣṣîl*: hiphil infinitive construct with preposition *lə-* (to) - to deliver/rescue
*mi-mmāwet*: masculine singular noun with preposition *min* (from) - from death
*nafšām*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their soul/life
*û-lə-ḥayyôtām*: piel infinitive construct with conjunction *wə-*, preposition *lə-* (and to) and 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and to keep alive/preserve them
*bā-rāʿāb*: masculine singular noun with preposition *bə-* (in) - in famine/hunger

Word Meanings

*haṣṣîl*: to deliver/rescue/save
*māwet*: death/dying
*nafšām*: their soul/their life/their self
*ḥayyôtām*: to keep them alive/to preserve them/to sustain them
*rāʿāb*: famine/hunger/starvation

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 37:19 : 19 They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Matt 6:31-33 : 31 Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Prov 10:3 : 3 Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
Isa 33:16 : 16 He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given [him]; his waters shall be sure.
John 10:28 : 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
John 10:30 : 30 I and the Father are one.
Acts 12:11 : 11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Ps 91:3-7 : 3 For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; [But] it shall not come nigh thee.
Ps 91:10 : 10 There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.
Job 5:19-22 : 19 He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 20 In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword. 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on [his] faithfulness.

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