Psalms 55:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתָּ֣ה אֱנ֣וֹשׁ כְּעֶרְכִּ֑י אַ֝לּוּפִ֗י וּמְיֻדָּֽעִי׃

Transliteration

But ʾattāh ʾĕnôš like ʿerkî ʾallûpî ûməyuddāʿî

Grammar Details

*wəʾattāh*: waw conjunction with 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - but you
*ʾĕnôš*: masculine singular noun - man
*ʿerkî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition kaph (like) - like my equal/value
*ʾallûpî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my friend/companion
*ûməyuddāʿî*: pual participle, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix and waw conjunction - and my acquaintance

Word Meanings

*ʾattāh*: you
*ʾĕnôš*: man/mortal/human
*ʿerkî*: my equal/my estimation/my value
*ʾallûpî*: my friend/my companion/my familiar friend
*məyuddāʿî*: my acquaintance/my familiar friend/one known to me

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

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 122:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.
Isa 2:3 : 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.

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