Psalms 131:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־לֹ֤א שִׁוִּ֨יתִי ׀ וְדוֹמַ֗מְתִּי נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּ֭גָמֻל עֲלֵ֣י אִמּ֑וֹ כַּגָּמֻ֖ל עָלַ֣י נַפְשִֽׁי

Transliteration

if-not šiwwîtî wə-dômamtî nap̄šî like-gāmul upon ʾimmô like-the-gāmul upon-me nap̄šî

Grammar Details

*šiwwîtî*: piel perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have composed/made level/calmed'
*wə*: conjunction - 'and'
*dômamtî*: polel perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have silenced/stilled'
*nap̄šî*: noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my soul'
*gāmul*: passive participle, masculine singular - 'weaned child'
*ʿălê*: preposition with construct state - 'upon'
*ʾimmô*: noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his mother'
*ka*: preposition - 'like/as'
*ha-gāmul*: passive participle with definite article - 'the weaned child'
*ʿālay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - 'upon me'

Word Meanings

*ʾim-lōʾ*: surely/certainly (oath formula)/if not
*šiwwîtî*: to set/place/compose/calm/level
*dômamtî*: to be silent/still/quiet/at rest
*nap̄šî*: my soul/myself/my life/my being
*gāmul*: weaned child/infant

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
John 14:1-2 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Isa 30:15 : 15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Lam 3:26 : 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Matt 18:3-4 : 3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Mark 10:15 : 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
Luke 21:19 : 19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
1 Sam 24:10 : 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.
1 Sam 25:32-33 : 32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: 33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
2 Sam 16:11-12 : 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him. 12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
Ps 42:5 : 5 Why art thou cast down{H8709)}, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted{H8799)} in me? hope{H8685)} thou in God: for I shall yet praise{H8686)} him for the help of his countenance.
Ps 42:11 : 11 Why art thou cast down{H8709)}, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted{H8799)} within me? hope{H8685)} thou in God: for I shall yet praise{H8686)} him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Ps 43:5 : 5 Why art thou cast down{H8709)}, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted{H8799)} within me? hope{H8685)} in God: for I shall yet praise{H8686)} him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Ps 62:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

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