1 Samuel 2:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תַּרְבּ֤וּ תְדַבְּרוּ֙ גְּבֹהָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה יֵצֵ֥א עָתָ֖ק מִפִּיכֶ֑ם כִּ֣י אֵ֤ל דֵּעוֹת֙ יְהוָ֔ה וְל֥וֹ נִתְכְּנ֖וּ עֲלִלֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

ʾal-tarbû tədabbərû gəbōhâ gəbōhâ, yēṣēʾ ʿātāq from pîkem, because ʾēl of dēʿôt is YHWH, and to him nitəkənû ʿălilôt.

Grammar Details

• *ʾal*: negative particle with jussive - do not
• *tarbû*: Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural jussive - multiply/increase
• *tədabbərû*: Piel imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you speak
• *gəbōhâ*: repetition for emphasis - very high/extremely proud
• *yēṣēʾ*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive - let it come out
• *ʿātāq*: adjective masculine singular - arrogant/insolent
• *pîkem*: noun masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your mouth
• *ʾēl*: noun masculine singular - God
• *dēʿôt*: noun feminine plural construct - knowledges/knowledge
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *nitəkənû*: Niphal perfect 3rd person plural - are weighed/measured
• *ʿălilôt*: noun feminine plural - actions/deeds

Word Meanings

• *ʿātāq*: arrogant/insolent/bold speech
• *dēʿôt*: knowledge/omniscience/perfect understanding
• *nitəkənû*: are weighed/measured/evaluated
• *ʿălilôt*: actions/deeds/practices

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 8:39 : 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest;(for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
• Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
• Dan 4:30-31 : 30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
• Dan 5:27 : 27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
• Mal 3:13 : 13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
• Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
• Jude 1:15-16 : 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
• 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
• Prov 16:2 : 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
• Prov 24:12 : 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
• Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
• Isa 37:23 : 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
• Job 31:6 : 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
• Ps 44:21 : 21 Shall not God search this out{H8799)}? for he knoweth{H8802)} the secrets of the heart.
• Ps 94:4 : 4 How long shall they utter{H8686)} and speak{H8762)} hard things? and all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity boast{H8691)} themselves?
• Ps 94:7-9 : 7 Yet they say{H8799)}, The LORD shall not see{H8799)}, neither shall the God of Jacob regard{H8799)} it. 8 Understand{H8798)}, ye brutish{H8802)} among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise{H8686)}? 9 He that planted{H8802)} the ear, shall he not hear{H8799)}? he that formed{H8802)} the eye, shall he not see{H8686)}? 10 He that chastiseth{H8802)} the heathen, shall not he correct{H8686)}? he that teacheth{H8764)} man knowledge, shall not he know?
• Ps 147:5 : 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.