Psalms 49:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א בְ֭מוֹתוֹ יִקַּ֣ח הַכֹּ֑ל לֹא־יֵרֵ֖ד אַחֲרָ֣יו כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

For not in-môtô yiqqaḥ the-kōl not-yērēd ʾaḥărāyw kəbôdô

Grammar Details

*môtô*: verb qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix with prefixed preposition bet - 'in his death'
*yiqqaḥ*: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he will take'
*kōl*: noun masculine singular with definite article - 'all/everything'
*yērēd*: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'will descend/go down'
*ʾaḥărāyw*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'after him'
*kəbôdô*: noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his glory/wealth'

Word Meanings

*kəbôdô*: his glory/honor/wealth

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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

Deut 29:19 : 19 and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.
Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
Acts 12:20-22 : 20 Now he was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: and they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's {G1909} chamberlain their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was fed from the king's country. 21 And upon a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the throne, and made an oration unto them. 22 And the people shouted, [saying], The voice of a god, and not of a man.
Rev 13:3-4 : 3 And [I saw] one of his heads as though it had been smitten unto death; and his death-stroke {G4127} was healed: and the whole earth wondered {G1722} after the beast; 4 and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority unto the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? And who is able to war with him?
1 Sam 25:6 : 6 and thus shall ye say to him that liveth [in prosperity], Peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
Esth 3:2 : 2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence.
Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.
Hos 12:8 : 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

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