Psalms 18:36

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּתֶּן־לִי֮ מָגֵ֢ן יִ֫שְׁעֶ֥ךָ וִֽימִינְךָ֥ תִסְעָדֵ֑נִי וְֽעַנְוַתְךָ֥ תַרְבֵּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

And titen-to me magen yish'echa and yemincha tis'adeni and anvatcha tarbeni.

Grammar Details

*titen*: qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 2nd person masculine singular - and you gave
*magen*: masculine singular construct - shield of
*yish'echa*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your salvation
*yemincha*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your right hand
*tis'adeni*: qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - it will support me
*anvatcha*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your gentleness/humility
*tarbeni*: hifil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you will make me great

Word Meanings

*magen*: shield of/buckler of/defense of
*yish'echa*: your salvation/your deliverance/your help
*tis'adeni*: it will support me/it will sustain me/it will uphold me
*anvatcha*: your gentleness/your humility/your condescension
*tarbeni*: you will make me great/you will increase me/you will magnify me

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
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Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Prov 4:12 : 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
2 Sam 22:37 : 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
Job 18:7 : 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Job 36:16 : 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
Ps 4:1 : 1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Luke 12:50 : 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Luke 24:46-48 : 46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And ye are witnesses of these things.

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