Numbers 6:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ׃ ס

Transliteration

yəḇāreḵḵā YHWH wə-yišməreḵā

Grammar Details

• *yəḇāreḵḵā*: Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - may he bless you
• *YHWH*: divine name - the LORD
• *wə-yišməreḵā*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and may he keep you

Word Meanings

• *yəḇāreḵḵā*: may he bless you/let him bless you
• *yišməreḵā*: may he keep you/may he guard you/may he protect you

Referenced Verses

• Ps 121:4-7 : 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
• Ps 134:3 : 3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
• 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
• Rev 1:4-5 : 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
• Deut 28:3-6 : 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
• Ruth 2:4 : 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
• 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
• Ps 17:8 : 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
• Ps 28:9 : 9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
• Ps 91:11 : 11 For he shall give his angels charge{H8762)} over thee, to keep{H8800)} thee in all thy ways.
• Isa 27:3 : 3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
• Isa 42:6 : 6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
• John 17:11 : 11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
• 1 Cor 14:16 : 16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
• Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. To the Ephesians written from Rome, by Tychicus.
• Phil 4:7 : 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
• Phil 4:23 : 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. To the Philippians written from Rome, by Epaphroditus.