Psalms 74:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֽוֹתֹתֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֥א רָ֫אִ֥ינוּ אֵֽין־ע֥וֹד נָבִ֑יא וְלֹֽא־אִ֝תָּ֗נוּ יֹדֵ֥עַ עַד־מָֽה׃

Transliteration

Our ototenu not ra'inu, ein-od navi, and not with us yodea ad-mah.

Grammar Details

*ototenu*: common plural noun with 1st person common plural suffix - 'our signs'
*ra'inu*: qal perfect 1st person common plural - 'we have seen'
*ein-od*: particle of negation + adverb - 'there is no longer'
*navi*: masculine singular noun - 'prophet'
*itanu*: preposition with 1st person common plural suffix - 'with us'
*yodea*: qal participle masculine singular - 'one knowing/knower'
*ad-mah*: preposition + interrogative - 'until when/how long'

Word Meanings

*ototenu*: our signs/our banners/our emblems
*ein-od*: there is no longer/no more
*yodea*: one who knows/knower/one understanding
*ad-mah*: until when/how long/until what time

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 3:1 : 1 And the child Samuel ministered unto Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
Amos 8:11 : 11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah.
Mic 3:6 : 6 Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.
Heb 2:4 : 4 God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.
Exod 12:13 : 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Exod 13:9-9 : 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
Judg 6:17 : 17 And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.
Lam 2:9 : 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; Yea, her prophets find no vision from Jehovah.
Ezek 7:26 : 26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
Ezek 20:12 : 12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth them.

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