Psalms 74:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭חַיַּת נֶ֣פֶשׁ תּוֹרֶ֑ךָ חַיַּ֥ת עֲ֝נִיֶּ֗יךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח לָנֶֽצַח׃

Transliteration

Al-titten le-chayyat nefesh torecha, chayyat aniyyecha al-tishkach lanetsach.

Grammar Details

*Al-titten*: negative particle + qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'do not give'
*le-chayyat*: preposition + feminine singular construct - 'to the wild beast of'
*nefesh*: feminine singular noun - 'soul/life'
*torecha*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your turtledove'
*chayyat*: feminine singular construct - 'life of/wild beast of'
*aniyyecha*: masculine plural adjective with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your afflicted ones'
*al-tishkach*: negative particle + qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'do not forget'
*lanetsach*: preposition + masculine singular noun - 'forever'

Word Meanings

*chayyat*: wild beast/life
*nefesh*: soul/life/person
*torecha*: your turtledove/your dove
*aniyyecha*: your afflicted ones/your poor/your oppressed
*lanetsach*: forever/perpetually/completely

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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

Song 2:14 : 14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Ps 68:10 : 10 Thy congregation dwelt therein: Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.
Ps 68:13 : 13 When ye lie among the sheepfolds, [It is as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.
Ps 72:2 : 2 He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice.
Ps 9:18 : 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
Song 4:1 : 1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are [as] doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.
Song 6:9 : 9 My dove, my undefiled, is [but] one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; [Yea], the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
Isa 60:8 : 8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
Zeph 3:12 : 12 But I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall take refuge in the name of Jehovah.
Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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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