Psalms 75:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָמַ֣רְתִּי לַֽ֭הוֹלְלִים אַל־תָּהֹ֑לּוּ וְ֝לָרְשָׁעִ֗ים אַל־תָּרִ֥ימוּ קָֽרֶן׃

Transliteration

ʾāmartî to-the-hôləlîm ʾal-tāhōllû and-to-the-rəšāʿîm ʾal-tārîmû qāren

Grammar Details

*ʾāmartî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular verb - I said
*hôləlîm*: Poal participle masculine plural with prefixed preposition - to the arrogant/boastful
*ʾal-tāhōllû*: negative particle with Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural verb - do not boast
*rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective with prefixed preposition - to the wicked
*ʾal-tārîmû*: negative particle with Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural verb - do not lift up
*qāren*: feminine singular noun - horn

Word Meanings

*ʾāmartî*: I said/declared/spoke
*hôləlîm*: the arrogant/boastful/foolish ones
*ʾal-tāhōllû*: do not boast/be arrogant/act foolishly
*rəšāʿîm*: the wicked/ungodly/evil ones
*tārîmû*: lift up/exalt/raise
*qāren*: horn (symbol of strength/power/pride)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 32:9 : 9 And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
Deut 31:27 : 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death?
2 Chr 30:8 : 8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve Jehovah your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
Isa 48:4 : 4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Ezek 2:4 : 4 And the children are impudent and stiffhearted: I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah.
Acts 7:51 : 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

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