Psalms 43:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Oh send out thy light and thy truth; Let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁלַח־אוֹרְךָ֣ וַ֭אֲמִתְּךָ הֵ֣מָּה יַנְח֑וּנִי יְבִיא֥וּנִי אֶל־הַֽר־קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ וְאֶל־מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

Send-šᵊlaḥ-ʾôrᵊḵā wa-ʾămittᵊḵā hēmmâ yanḥûnî yᵊḇîʾûnî to-the-mountain-of-qāḏᵊšᵊḵā and-to-miškᵊnôṯeḵā

Grammar Details

*šᵊlaḥ*: imperative, masculine singular - send
*ʾôrᵊḵā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your light
*wa-ʾămittᵊḵā*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your truth
*hēmmâ*: pronoun, 3rd plural - they
*yanḥûnî*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - they will lead me
*yᵊḇîʾûnî*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural (hiphil) with 1st person singular suffix - they will bring me
*qāḏᵊšᵊḵā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your holiness/holy place
*miškᵊnôṯeḵā*: noun, feminine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your dwelling places/tabernacles

Word Meanings

*ʾôrᵊḵā*: your light/your illumination
*ʾămittᵊḵā*: your truth/your faithfulness
*yanḥûnî*: lead me/guide me
*yᵊḇîʾûnî*: bring me/cause me to come
*qāḏᵊšᵊḵā*: your holiness/your holy place/your sanctuary
*miškᵊnôṯeḵā*: your dwelling places/your tabernacles/your abodes

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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 2:6 : 6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
Ps 3:4 : 4 I cry unto Jehovah with my voice, And he answereth me out of his holy hill. {Selah}
Ps 40:11 : 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Ps 84:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!
John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Ps 57:3 : 3 He will send from heaven, and save me, [When] he that would swallow me up reproacheth; {H5542} God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.
Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; For I have desired it.
Ps 143:10 : 10 Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
John 1:4 : 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Ps 119:105 : 105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.
Mic 7:8 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.
Ps 68:15-16 : 15 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan. 16 Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell [in it] for ever.
Ps 78:68 : 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.
Ps 42:4 : 4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
Ps 46:4 : 4 There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
Ps 25:4-5 : 4 Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths. 5 Guide me in thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my salvation; For thee do I wait all the day.
Ps 36:9 : 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.
2 Sam 15:20 : 20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us, seeing I go whither I may? return thou, and take back thy brethren; mercy and truth be with thee.
1 Chr 16:1 : 1 And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.
1 Chr 16:39 : 39 and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon,
1 Chr 21:29 : 29 For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

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