Psalms 149:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִשְׂמַ֣ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל בְּעֹשָׂ֑יו בְּנֵֽי־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן יָגִ֥ילוּ בְמַלְכָּֽם׃

Transliteration

yiśmaḥ yiśrāʾēl in-ʿōśāyw bənê-ṣiyyôn yāgîlû in-malkām

Grammar Details

• *yiśmaḥ*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - he will rejoice/let him rejoice
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʿōśāyw*: participle, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix with preposition bet - in his makers
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/children of
• *ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - Zion
• *yāgîlû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, qal - they will rejoice/let them rejoice
• *malkām*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix with preposition bet - in their king

Word Meanings

• *yiśmaḥ*: rejoice/be glad/delight
• *ʿōśāyw*: his makers/his creator/the one who made him
• *bənê*: sons/children/descendants
• *yāgîlû*: rejoice/be joyful/exult
• *malkām*: their king/their monarch/their ruler

Referenced Verses

• Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
• Job 35:10 : 10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
• Ps 95:6 : 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
• Ps 100:1-3 : 1 A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
• Ps 135:3-4 : 3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. 4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
• Isa 52:7 : 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
• Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Isa 62:11-12 : 11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. 12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
• Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
• Ps 47:6 : 6 Sing praises{H8761)} to God, sing praises{H8761)}: sing praises{H8761)} unto our King, sing praises{H8761)}.
• Deut 7:6-7 : 6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
• Deut 12:7 : 7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
• 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
• Matt 21:5 : 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Luke 19:27 : 27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
• Luke 19:38 : 38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
• John 19:15 : 15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
• John 19:19-22 : 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
• Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
• Rev 19:6 : 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.