Psalms 12:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִֽמֲר֣וֹת יְהוָה֮ אֲמָר֢וֹת טְהֹ֫ר֥וֹת כֶּ֣סֶף צָ֭רוּף בַּעֲלִ֣יל לָאָ֑רֶץ מְ֝זֻקָּ֗ק שִׁבְעָתָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

ʾimărôṯ YHWH ʾămārôṯ ṭəhōrôṯ kesep̄ ṣārûp̄ in ʿălîl to the ʾāreṣ məzuqqāq šiḇʿāṯāyim

Grammar Details

*ʾimărôṯ*: feminine plural construct - sayings of/words of
*YHWH*: proper name - LORD
*ʾămārôṯ*: feminine plural noun - sayings/words
*ṭəhōrôṯ*: feminine plural adjective - pure
*kesep̄*: masculine singular noun - silver
*ṣārûp̄*: qal passive participle, masculine singular - refined/purified
*ʿălîl*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition - in crucible/furnace
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with prefixed preposition and definite article - to the earth/ground
*məzuqqāq*: pual participle, masculine singular - purified/refined
*šiḇʿāṯāyim*: adverb - seven times

Word Meanings

*ʾimărôṯ*: words/sayings/promises
*ʾămārôṯ ṭəhōrôṯ*: pure words/pure sayings/pure promises
*kesep̄ ṣārûp̄*: refined silver/purified silver
*ʿălîl lāʾāreṣ*: furnace on earth/crucible to the ground/workshop for the land
*məzuqqāq šiḇʿāṯāyim*: purified seven times/refined sevenfold

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh{H8799)} not his saints; they are preserved{H8738)} for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off{H8738)}.
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 1:1 : 1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
Ps 37:40 : 40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver{H8762)} them: he shall deliver{H8762)} them from the wicked, and save{H8686)} them, because they trust{H8804)} in him.
Ps 121:8 : 8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Ps 145:20 : 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
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.
Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Deut 33:3 : 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
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 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Ps 16:1 : 1 Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

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