Psalms 45:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּנ֣וֹת מְ֭לָכִים בְּיִקְּרוֹתֶ֑יךָ נִצְּבָ֥ה שֵׁגַ֥ל לִֽ֝ימִינְךָ֗ בְּכֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִֽיר׃

Transliteration

bənôt məlākîm among-your-yiqqərôteykā niṣṣəbāh šēgal at-your-lîmînəkā in-ketem ʾôpîr

Grammar Details

*bənôt*: Feminine plural construct - 'daughters of'
*məlākîm*: Masculine plural noun - 'kings'
*yiqqərôteykā*: Feminine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - 'among your precious ones/honorable women'
*niṣṣəbāh*: Niphal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - 'stands/is stationed'
*šēgal*: Feminine singular noun - 'queen consort/royal consort'
*lîmînəkā*: Feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition lamed - 'at your right hand'
*ketem*: Masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition bet - 'in fine gold'
*ʾôpîr*: Proper name - 'Ophir'

Word Meanings

*yiqqərôteykā*: your precious ones/your honorable women
*niṣṣəbāh*: stands/is stationed/is positioned
*šēgal*: queen consort/royal consort/queen
*ketem*: fine gold/pure gold
*ʾôpîr*: Ophir (place known for fine gold)

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Referenced Verses

Song 2:10-13 : 10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. 11 For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone; 12 The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing [of birds] is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land; 13 The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Isa 55:1-3 : 1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Gen 12:1 : 1 Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee:
Deut 21:13 : 13 and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
2 Cor 5:16 : 16 Wherefore {G575} we henceforth know no man after the flesh: {G1161} even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know [him so] no more.
2 Cor 6:17-7:1 : 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you, 18 And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Deut 33:9 : 9 Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant.
Matt 10:37 : 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Matt 19:29 : 29 And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
Luke 14:26 : 26 If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Gen 2:24 : 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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