Psalms 73:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָ֭צָא מֵחֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מוֹ עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת לֵבָֽב׃

Transliteration

Yatza mechelev eynemo; avru maskiyot levav.

Grammar Details

*Yatza*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - goes out/comes forth
*mechelev*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from fat
*eynemo*: noun, common dual construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their eye
*avru*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they pass over/exceed
*maskiyot*: noun, feminine plural construct - imaginations/pictures of
*levav*: noun, masculine singular - heart

Word Meanings

*yatza*: goes out/protrudes/comes forth
*chelev*: fat/grease/richness
*eynemo*: their eye/their appearance
*avru*: they pass over/exceed/transgress
*maskiyot*: imaginations/pictures/thoughts/desires
*levav*: heart/mind/inner person

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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

Job 15:27 : 27 Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;
Ps 17:10 : 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Ezek 16:49 : 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Luke 12:16-19 : 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
1 Sam 25:2 : 2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
1 Sam 25:36 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
Ps 17:14 : 14 From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Ps 73:12 : 12 Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
Ps 119:70 : 70 Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.
Isa 3:9 : 9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

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