Psalms 60:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְ֭מַעַן יֵחָלְצ֣וּן יְדִידֶ֑יךָ הוֹשִׁ֖יעָה יְמִֽינְךָ֣ *ועננו **וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

For-maʿan yēḥālṣûn yĕdîdêḵā hôšîʿâ yĕmînĕḵā and-ʿănēnî

Grammar Details

*maʿan*: preposition - purpose/so that
*yēḥālṣûn*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they may be delivered
*yĕdîdêḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your beloved ones
*hôšîʿâ*: hiphil imperative masculine singular - save/deliver
*yĕmînĕḵā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your right hand
*ʿănēnî*: qal imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - answer me

Word Meanings

*yēḥālṣûn*: they may be delivered/rescued/saved
*yĕdîdêḵā*: your beloved ones/those you love
*hôšîʿâ*: save/deliver/help
*yĕmînĕḵā*: your right hand (symbol of power and strength)
*ʿănēnî*: answer me/respond to me

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Referenced Verses

Gen 49:10 : 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
Deut 33:17 : 17 The firstling of his herd, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Josh 13:31 : 31 and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families.
Josh 17:1 : 1 And [this] was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
Josh 17:5-6 : 5 And there fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan; 6 because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged unto the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
1 Sam 28:2 : 2 And David said to Achish, Therefore thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of my head for ever.
1 Chr 12:19 : 19 Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
1 Chr 12:37 : 37 And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half - tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.

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