Psalms 60:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נָ֘תַ֤תָּה לִּירֵאֶ֣יךָ נֵּ֭ס לְהִתְנוֹסֵ֑ס מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י קֹ֣שֶׁט סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

nātattâ to-yĕrēʾêḵā nēs to-hitnôsēs from-pĕnê qōšeṭ selâ

Grammar Details

• *nātattâ*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have given
• *yĕrēʾêḵā*: qal participle masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - those who fear you
• *nēs*: masculine singular noun - banner/standard/signal
• *hitnôsēs*: hithpolel infinitive construct - to be displayed/to be lifted up
• *pĕnê*: masculine plural construct - face of/because of
• *qōšeṭ*: masculine singular noun - truth/bow
• *selâ*: musical term - selah

Word Meanings

• *nēs*: banner/standard/signal/rallying point
• *hitnôsēs*: to be displayed/to be lifted up/to rally around
• *qōšeṭ*: truth/certainty/bow (possibly related to archery)
• *selâ*: musical interlude/pause/lift up voices

Referenced Verses

• Gen 12:6 : 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
• Ps 89:35 : 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
• Josh 13:27 : 27 and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border [thereof], unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
• Amos 4:2 : 2 The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.
• Josh 1:6 : 6 Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
• Luke 1:45-47 : 45 And blessed [is] she that believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord. 46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
• Gen 33:17-18 : 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. 18 And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city.
• Ps 108:7-9 : 7 God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre. 9 Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe; Over Philistia will I shout. 10 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who hath led me unto Edom? 11 Hast not thou cast us off, O God? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts. 12 Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man. 13 Through God we shall do valiantly: For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
• Ps 119:162 : 162 I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.
• Ps 132:11 : 11 Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
• Jer 23:9 : 9 Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.
• Josh 17:7 : 7 And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
• Josh 20:7 : 7 And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
• Josh 24:1 : 1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
• Josh 24:32 : 32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money: and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
• 2 Sam 2:8-9 : 8 Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 9 and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
• 2 Sam 3:18 : 18 now then do it; for Jehovah hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
• 2 Sam 5:1-3 : 1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt be shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel. 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel.
• 2 Sam 7:18-20 : 18 Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come; and this [too] after the manner of men, O Lord Jehovah! 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord Jehovah.
• Ps 56:4 : 4 In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?
• Ps 89:19 : 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.