Psalms 81:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ל֗וּ עַ֭מִּי שֹׁמֵ֣עַֽ לִ֑י יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל בִּדְרָכַ֥י יְהַלֵּֽכוּ׃

Transliteration

Oh that my ʿammî šōmēaʿ to me, yiśrāʾēl in my bidrāḵay yəhallēḵû

Grammar Details

*ʿammî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my people'
*šōmēaʿ*: qal active participle - 'would listen/hearing'
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper name - 'Israel'
*bidrāḵay*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - 'in my ways'
*yəhallēḵû*: piel imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'they would walk'

Word Meanings

*ʿammî*: my people/my nation
*šōmēaʿ*: listening/hearing/obeying
*bidrāḵay*: in my ways/in my paths/in my manner of life
*yəhallēḵû*: they would walk/they would go/they would follow

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Amos 1:8 : 8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
Num 14:9 : 9 Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.
Num 14:45 : 45 Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.
Josh 23:13 : 13 know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.
Judg 2:20-23 : 20 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died; 22 that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Ps 47:3 : 3 He subdueth peoples under us, And nations under our feet.

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