Psalms 81:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָֽ֭אֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּ בִּשְׁרִיר֣וּת לִבָּ֑ם יֵ֝לְכ֗וּ בְּֽמוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And wāʾăšalləḥēhû in šərîrût their libbām; yēləḵû in their bəmôʿăṣôtêhem

Grammar Details

*wāʾăšalləḥēhû*: piel imperfect 1st singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix and prefixed conjunction waw - 'and I let him go/sent him away'
*šərîrût*: feminine singular construct - 'stubbornness of'
*libbām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their heart'
*yēləḵû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'they walked'
*bəmôʿăṣôtêhem*: feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix and prefixed preposition bet - 'in their counsels'

Word Meanings

*wāʾăšalləḥēhû*: and I let him go/I sent him away/I gave him over
*šərîrût*: stubbornness/hardness/imagination
*libbām*: their heart/their mind/their inner being
*yēləḵû*: they walked/they went/they followed
*bəmôʿăṣôtêhem*: in their counsels/in their devices/in their plans

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Referenced Verses

Deut 5:29 : 29 Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Isa 48:18 : 18 Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Luke 19:41-42 : 41 And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, If thou hadst known in this {G4675} day, even thou, the things which belong unto {G4675} peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Deut 10:12-13 : 12 And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Deut 32:29 : 29 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

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