Psalms 83:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָמְר֗וּ לְ֭כוּ וְנַכְחִידֵ֣ם מִגּ֑וֹי וְלֹֽא־יִזָּכֵ֖ר שֵֽׁם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

ʾāmerû leḵû wenaḵḥîdēm miggôy welōʾ-yizzāḵēr šēm-yiśrāʾēl ʿôd

Grammar Details

*ʾāmerû*: 3cp Qal perfect - they have said
*leḵû*: 2mp Qal imperative - come/go
*wenaḵḥîdēm*: conjunction + 1cp Hiphil imperfect + 3mp suffix - and let us cut them off
*miggôy*: preposition + masculine singular noun - from being a nation
*welōʾ-yizzāḵēr*: conjunction + negative particle + 3ms Niphal imperfect - and will not be remembered
*šēm-yiśrāʾēl*: masculine singular construct + proper noun - name of Israel
*ʿôd*: adverb - still/anymore

Word Meanings

*kāḥad*: hide/conceal/cut off/destroy
*gôy*: nation/people
*zāḵar*: remember/mention/recall
*šēm*: name/reputation

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying],
Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.
Isa 7:2 : 2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
Isa 7:5-7 : 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying, 6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel; 7 thus saith the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
John 11:47-53 : 47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation. 49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 50 nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. 51 Now this he said not of himself: but, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; 52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God that are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to death.
Acts 23:12-13 : 12 And when it was day, {G5100} the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy.
Rev 17:13 : 13 These have one mind, and they give their power and authority unto the beast.
Rev 19:19 : 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse, and against his army.
Josh 10:3-5 : 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 4 Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. 5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
2 Sam 10:6-8 : 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men. 7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

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11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
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2The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying],
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