Psalms 72:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָ֭חֹס עַל־דַּ֣ל וְאֶבְי֑וֹן וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹת אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים יוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

Transliteration

yāḥōs upon-dal and-ʾebyôn and-naphshôt ʾebyônîm yôshîaʿ

Grammar Details

*yāḥōs*: verb, imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will have pity
*ʿal-dal*: preposition + adjective/noun, masculine, singular - upon poor/weak
*wə-ʾebyôn*: conjunction + adjective/noun, masculine, singular - and needy
*wə-naphshôt*: conjunction + noun, feminine, plural construct - and souls/lives of
*ʾebyônîm*: adjective/noun, masculine, plural - needy ones
*yôshîaʿ*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will save

Word Meanings

*yāḥōs*: he will have pity/compassion/spare
*dal*: poor/weak/thin/lowly
*ʾebyôn*: needy/poor/destitute
*naphshôt*: souls/lives/persons
*ʾebyônîm*: needy ones/poor people
*yôshîaʿ*: he will save/deliver/help

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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

Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Ps 109:31 : 31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.
Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
Matt 5:3 : 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matt 18:10 : 10 See that you despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.
Jas 2:5-6 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him? 6 But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

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