Psalms 113:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מֽוֹשִׁיבִ֨י ׀ עֲקֶ֬רֶת הַבַּ֗יִת אֵֽם־הַבָּנִ֥ים שְׂמֵחָ֗ה הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

Môšîbî ׀ 'aqeret habbayit 'ēm-habbānîm śǝmēḥāh halǝlû-yāh

Grammar Details

*Môšîbî*: Hiphil participle, masculine singular - causing to sit/making dwell
*'aqeret*: adjective, feminine singular construct - barren of
*habbayit*: definite article *ha* + noun, masculine singular - the house
*'ēm*: noun, feminine singular construct - mother of
*habbānîm*: definite article *ha* + noun, masculine plural - the children/sons
*śǝmēḥāh*: adjective, feminine singular - joyful/glad
*halǝlû*: Piel imperative, masculine plural - praise
*yāh*: shortened form of divine name

Word Meanings

*Môšîbî*: causing to sit/making dwell/setting
*'aqeret*: barren woman/childless woman
*'ēm*: mother/matriarch
*bānîm*: children/sons/descendants
*śǝmēḥāh*: joyful/glad/happy

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 68:6 : 6 God setteth{H8688)} the solitary in families: he bringeth out{H8688)} those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious{H8802)} dwell{H8804)} in a dry land.
Isa 54:1 : 1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
1 Sam 2:5 : 5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
Gen 21:5-7 : 5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. 7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
Gen 25:21 : 21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Gen 30:22-23 : 22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
Luke 1:13-15 : 13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. 14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
Gal 4:27 : 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

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