Psalms 81:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֵד֤וּת ׀ בִּֽיה֘וֹסֵ֤ף שָׂמ֗וֹ בְּ֭צֵאתוֹ עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם שְׂפַ֖ת לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶשְׁמָֽע׃

Transliteration

ʿēdût in yəhôsēp̄ śāmô in his ṣēʾtô upon ʾereṣ miṣrāyim; śəp̄at not-yādaʿtî ʾešmāʿ

Grammar Details

*ʿēdût*: feminine singular noun - 'testimony/witness'
*yəhôsēp̄*: proper name with prefixed preposition bet - 'in Joseph'
*śāmô*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'he established it'
*ṣēʾtô*: qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - 'when he went out'
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular construct - 'land of'
*miṣrāyim*: proper name with prefixed preposition 'al - 'against/over Egypt'
*śəp̄at*: feminine singular construct - 'language of'
*yādaʿtî*: qal perfect 1st singular with negation - 'I did not know'
*ʾešmāʿ*: qal imperfect 1st singular - 'I heard/will hear'

Word Meanings

*ʿēdût*: testimony/witness/decree/ordinance
*yəhôsēp̄*: Joseph (either the person or representing the northern tribes)
*śāmô*: established it/appointed it/placed it
*ṣēʾtô*: his going out/when he went out/his departure
*ʾereṣ*: land/earth/ground/territory
*miṣrāyim*: Egypt/Egyptians
*śəp̄at*: language/lip/speech/edge
*yādaʿtî*: I knew/I had known/I understood
*ʾešmāʿ*: I heard/I will hear/I was hearing

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 9:4 : 4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.
Isa 10:27 : 27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed by reason of fatness.
Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Exod 1:14 : 14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.
Exod 6:6 : 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:
Ps 68:13 : 13 When ye lie among the sheepfolds, [It is as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

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