Psalms 83:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁיתֵ֣מוֹ נְ֭דִיבֵמוֹ כְּעֹרֵ֣ב וְכִזְאֵ֑ב וּֽכְזֶ֥בַח וּ֝כְצַלְמֻנָּ֗ע כָּל־נְסִיכֵֽמוֹ׃

Transliteration

šîtēmô neḏîḇēmô keʿōrēḇ weḵizʾēḇ ûḵezeḇaḥ ûḵeṣalmunnāʿ kol-nesîḵēmô

Grammar Details

*šîtēmô*: 2ms Qal imperative + 3mp suffix (archaic) - make them
*neḏîḇēmô*: masculine plural noun + 3mp suffix (archaic) - their nobles
*keʿōrēḇ*: preposition + proper noun - like Oreb
*weḵizʾēḇ*: conjunction + preposition + proper noun - and like Zeeb
*ûḵezeḇaḥ*: conjunction + preposition + proper noun - and like Zebah
*ûḵeṣalmunnāʿ*: conjunction + preposition + proper noun - and like Zalmunna
*kol-nesîḵēmô*: construct + masculine plural noun + 3mp suffix (archaic) - all their princes

Word Meanings

*šît*: put/place/make
*nāḏîḇ*: noble/prince/willing one
*ʿōrēḇ*: Oreb (Midianite prince, Judges 7:25)
*zʾēḇ*: Zeeb (Midianite prince, Judges 7:25)
*zeḇaḥ*: Zebah (Midianite king, Judges 8)
*ṣalmunnāʿ*: Zalmunna (Midianite king, Judges 8)
*nāsîḵ*: prince/ruler/drink offering

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 20:11 : 11 behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
Ps 74:7-8 : 7 They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name [by casting it] to the ground. 8 They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
Ps 83:4 : 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

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