Psalms 74:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; [And] mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זְכֹ֤ר עֲדָתְךָ֨ ׀ קָ֘נִ֤יתָ קֶּ֗דֶם גָּ֭אַלְתָּ שֵׁ֣בֶט נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ הַר־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן זֶ֤ה ׀ שָׁכַ֬נְתָּ בּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Zechor your adat you qanita qedem, you ga'alta shevet your nachalatecha, har-Tsiyon this you shachanta in it.

Grammar Details

*Zechor*: qal imperative masculine singular - 'remember!'
*adat*: feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your congregation/assembly'
*qanita*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you acquired/purchased'
*qedem*: noun - 'ancient times/east/before'
*ga'alta*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you redeemed'
*shevet*: masculine singular construct - 'tribe/rod of'
*nachalatecha*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your inheritance'
*har-Tsiyon*: construct phrase - 'Mount Zion'
*shachanta*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you dwelled'

Word Meanings

*qedem*: of old/ancient times/from the east/before
*adat*: congregation/assembly/community
*shevet*: tribe/rod/scepter
*nachalatecha*: your inheritance/possession/heritage

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:9 : 9 For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Exod 15:16 : 16 Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.
Deut 4:20 : 20 But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.
Deut 9:29 : 29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm.
Exod 15:13 : 13 Thou in thy lovingkindness hast led the people that thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation.
Jer 51:19 : 19 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed {G3767} unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.
Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
Ps 9:11 : 11 Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.
Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Ps 48:1-2 : 1 A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain. 2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, The city of the great King.
Ps 68:16 : 16 Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell [in it] for ever.
Ps 77:15 : 15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. {H5542}
Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Ps 106:40 : 40 Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.
Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; For I have desired it.
Ps 135:4 : 4 For Jehovah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [And] Israel for his own possession.
Isa 51:11 : 11 And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; [and] sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isa 62:12 : 12 And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of Jehovah: and thou shalt be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Isa 63:17 : 17 O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

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