Psalms 95:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נְקַדְּמָ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּתוֹדָ֑ה בִּ֝זְמִר֗וֹת נָרִ֥יעַֽ לֽוֹ

Transliteration

neqaddĕmâ pānāyw with-tôdâ with-zimrôt nārîaʿ to-him

Grammar Details

*neqaddĕmâ*: cohortative, 1st person plural, piel - let us come before
*pānāyw*: plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his face/presence
*tôdâ*: feminine singular noun with prefixed preposition bet - with thanksgiving
*zimrôt*: feminine plural noun with prefixed preposition bet - with songs/psalms
*nārîaʿ*: imperfect, 1st person plural, hiphil - we will shout
to-him: preposition lamed with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to/for him

Word Meanings

*neqaddĕmâ*: come before/go before/meet
*pānāyw*: his face/his presence
*tôdâ*: thanksgiving/confession/praise
*zimrôt*: songs/psalms/melodies
*nārîaʿ*: shout/make a joyful noise/cry out

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 100:4 : 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name.
Ps 105:2 : 2 Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvelous works.
Mic 6:6 : 6 Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?
Eph 5:19 : 19 speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
Jas 5:13 : 13 Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.
Ps 17:13 : 13 Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
Ps 100:2 : 2 Serve Jehovah with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.
Ps 7:7 : 7 And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.
Ps 81:2 : 2 Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Jer 31:12-13 : 12 And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

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