Psalms 89:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַתָּה דִכִּאתָ כֶחָלָל רָהַב בִּזְרוֹעַ עֻזְּךָ פִּזַּרְתָּ אוֹיְבֶיךָ

Transliteration

ʾAttâ dikkiʾtā like-ḥālāl Rāhab; with-zᵉrôaʿ ʿuzzᵉkā pizzartā ʾôyᵉbeykā

Grammar Details

*ʾAttâ*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
*dikkiʾtā*: verb, piel perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you crushed
*ke-ḥālāl*: preposition + noun - like the slain
*Rāhab*: proper noun - Rahab [mythological sea monster]
*bi-zᵉrôaʿ*: preposition + noun construct - with arm of
*ʿuzzᵉkā*: noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your strength
*pizzartā*: verb, piel perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you scattered
*ʾôyᵉbeykā*: noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your enemies

Word Meanings

*dikkiʾtā*: you crushed/broke in pieces
*ḥālāl*: slain/pierced/wounded
*Rāhab*: mythological sea monster/Egypt (metaphorically)
*zᵉrôaʿ*: arm/strength/power
*ʿuzzᵉkā*: your strength/might/power
*pizzartā*: you scattered/dispersed

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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

1 Chr 29:11 : 11 Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth [is thine]; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Gen 2:1 : 1 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Job 41:11 : 11 Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
Ps 24:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of David. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.
Ps 50:12 : 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.
1 Cor 10:26 : 26 for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
1 Cor 10:28 : 28 But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, {G1494} eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:

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