Psalms 48:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide [even] unto death.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁ֤יתוּ לִבְּכֶ֨ם ׀ לְֽחֵילָ֗ה פַּסְּג֥וּ אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ לְמַ֥עַן תְּ֝סַפְּר֗וּ לְד֣וֹר אַחֲרֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

šîtû libbəkem lə-ḥêlāh passəgû ʾarmənôteyhā so that təsappərû to dôr ʾaḥărôn

Grammar Details

*šîtû*: qal imperative masculine plural - set/place
*libbəkem*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your heart
*lə-ḥêlāh*: preposition + masculine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - to her rampart
*passəgû*: piel imperative masculine plural - examine/consider
*ʾarmənôteyhā*: masculine plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her palaces
*ləmaʿan*: conjunction - so that
*təsappərû*: piel imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you may tell
*dôr*: masculine singular construct - generation of
*ʾaḥărôn*: masculine singular adjective - later/following

Word Meanings

*šîtû libbəkem*: set your heart/consider well/pay attention
*ḥêlāh*: her rampart/her bulwark/her fortification
*passəgû*: examine carefully/consider/observe
*ʾarmənôteyhā*: her palaces/her citadels
*təsappərû*: you may tell/you may recount/you may declare
*dôr ʾaḥărôn*: later generation/future generation

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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 23:3-4 : 3 He restoreth my soul: He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Ps 73:24 : 24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
Isa 58:11 : 11 and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Ps 25:9 : 9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
Lam 3:21 : 21 This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.
Ps 16:2 : 2 [ O my soul], thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.
John 16:13 : 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, [these] shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.
Prov 8:20 : 20 I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;
Ps 31:14 : 14 But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou art my God.

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