Psalms 118:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

א֭וֹדְךָ כִּ֣י עֲנִיתָ֑נִי וַתְּהִי־לִ֝֗י לִֽישׁוּעָֽה

Transliteration

ʾôdəkā because ʿănîtānî and-you-became to-me to-yəšûʿāh

Grammar Details

*ʾôdəkā*: imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I will thank you
*ʿănîtānî*: perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person suffix - you answered me
*watəhî-lî*: imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with waw consecutive and preposition lamed with 1st person suffix - and you became to me
*yəšûʿāh*: noun, feminine singular with prefix lamed - to salvation

Word Meanings

*ʾôdəkā*: I will thank you/I will praise you/I will acknowledge you
*ʿănîtānî*: you answered me/you responded to me
*yəšûʿāh*: salvation/deliverance/victory

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 116:1 : 1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
Ps 118:14 : 14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
Isa 49:8 : 8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Exod 15:2 : 2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Ps 22:23-24 : 23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Ps 69:33-34 : 33 For the LORD heareth{H8802)} the poor, and despiseth{H8804)} not his prisoners. 34 Let the heaven and earth praise{H8762)} him, the seas, and every thing that moveth{H8802)} therein.

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