Psalms 68:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When ye lie among the sheepfolds, [It is as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַלְכֵ֣י צְ֭בָאוֹת יִדֹּד֣וּן יִדֹּד֑וּן וּנְוַת־בַּ֝֗יִת תְּחַלֵּ֥ק שָׁלָֽל׃

Transliteration

malkê ṣəbāʾôt yiddōdûn yiddōdûn û-nəwat-bayit təḥallēq šālāl

Grammar Details

• *malkê*: masculine plural construct noun - 'kings of'
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: masculine plural noun - 'armies/hosts'
• *yiddōdûn*: repeated for emphasis - 'they flee, they flee'
• *û-nəwat*: conjunction וְ (and) + feminine singular construct noun - 'and the beauty of'
• *bayit*: masculine singular noun - 'house'
• *təḥallēq*: Piel imperfect 3rd feminine singular - 'she divides'
• *šālāl*: masculine singular noun - 'spoil/plunder'

Word Meanings

• *yiddōdûn*: they flee/they wander/they hasten away
• *nəwat*: beauty/dwelling/abider of
• *təḥallēq*: she divides/she distributes/she apportions
• *šālāl*: spoil/plunder/booty

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:14 : 14 Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds:
• Exod 1:14 : 14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.
• Judg 5:16 : 16 Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.
• 1 Kgs 4:20-21 : 20 Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. 21 And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
• Ps 74:19 : 19 Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.
• Ps 81:6 : 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.
• Ps 105:37 : 37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold; And there was not one feeble person among his tribes.
• Ps 149:4 : 4 For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
• Ezek 16:6-9 : 6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, [Though thou art] in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, [Though thou art] in thy blood, live. 7 I caused thee to multiply as that which groweth in the field, and thou didst increase and wax great, and thou attainedst to excellent ornament; thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair was grown; yet thou wast naked and bare. 8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine. 9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. 10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and covered thee with silk. 11 And I decked thee with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. 12 And I put a ring upon thy nose, and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head. 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper unto royal estate. 14 And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Luke 15:16 : 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
• Luke 15:22 : 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
• 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
• 1 Cor 12:2 : 2 Ye know that when ye were Gentiles [ye were] led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever {G302} ye might led.
• Eph 2:1-3 : 1 And you [did he make alive,] when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, 2 wherein {G1722} ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest: —
• Eph 5:26-27 : 26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, 27 that he might present the church to himself a glorious [church], not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
• Titus 3:3 : 3 For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
• Rev 1:5-6 : 5 and from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood; 6 and he made us [to be] a kingdom, {G2532} [to be] priests unto his God and Father; to him [be] the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.