1 Samuel 2:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מֵקִ֨ים מֵעָפָ֜ר דָּ֗ל מֵֽאַשְׁפֹּת֙ יָרִ֣ים אֶבְי֔וֹן לְהוֹשִׁיב֙ עִם־נְדִיבִ֔ים וְכִסֵּ֥א כָב֖וֹד יַנְחִלֵ֑ם כִּ֤י לַֽיהוָה֙ מְצֻ֣קֵי אֶ֔רֶץ וַיָּ֥שֶׁת עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם תֵּבֵֽל׃

Transliteration

mēqîm from ʿāfār dal, from ʾašpōt yārîm ʾebyôn, ləhôšîb with-nədîbîm, and kissēʾ of kābôd yanḥîlēm; because to YHWH məṣuqê ʾereṣ, and wayyāšet upon them tēbēl.

Grammar Details

• *mēqîm*: Hiphil participle masculine singular - raises up
• *ʿāfār*: noun masculine singular - dust
• *dal*: adjective masculine singular - poor/weak
• *ʾašpōt*: noun masculine/feminine plural construct - ash heap/dunghill
• *yārîm*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - lifts up
• *ʾebyôn*: adjective masculine singular - needy/poor
• *ləhôšîb*: preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - to cause to sit/to set
• *nədîbîm*: adjective masculine plural - nobles/princes
• *kissēʾ*: noun masculine singular construct - throne of
• *kābôd*: noun masculine singular - glory/honor
• *yanḥîlēm*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - he causes them to inherit
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *məṣuqê*: noun masculine plural construct - pillars/foundations of
• *ʾereṣ*: noun feminine singular - earth/land
• *wayyāšet*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular apocopated - and he set/placed
• *tēbēl*: noun feminine singular - world/inhabited earth

Word Meanings

• *dal*: poor/weak/thin/lowly
• *ʾašpōt*: ash heap/dunghill/refuse pile
• *ʾebyôn*: needy/poor/destitute
• *nədîbîm*: nobles/princes/generous ones
• *kābôd*: glory/honor/splendor
• *məṣuqê*: pillars/foundations/supports
• *tēbēl*: world/inhabited earth/habitable land

Referenced Verses

• Ps 113:7-8 : 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
• Ps 104:5 : 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
• Job 38:4-6 : 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
• Job 42:10-12 : 10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. 12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
• Ps 24:2 : 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
• Ps 102:25 : 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
• Gen 41:40 : 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
• 1 Sam 15:17 : 17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
• 2 Sam 7:8 : 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
• Dan 2:48 : 48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
• Dan 4:17 : 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
• Dan 6:3 : 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• Rev 1:6 : 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
• Rev 3:21 : 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
• Rev 5:10 : 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
• Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
• Luke 1:51-52 : 51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
• Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Gen 41:14 : 14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
• Eccl 4:14 : 14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
• Job 2:8 : 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
• Job 36:6-7 : 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.