Psalms 2:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נְֽ֭נַתְּקָה אֶת־מֽוֹסְרוֹתֵ֑ימוֹ וְנַשְׁלִ֖יכָה מִמֶּ֣נּוּ עֲבֹתֵֽימוֹ

Transliteration

nənatəqâ ʾeṯ-môsərôṯêmô wə-našlîḵâ mimmennû ʿăḇōṯêmô

Grammar Details

*nənatəqâ*: piel cohortative, 1st person plural - let us tear off/break
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*môsərôṯêmô*: feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their bonds/fetters
*wə-našlîḵâ*: conjunction + hiphil cohortative, 1st person plural - and let us cast away
*mimmennû*: preposition + 1st person plural suffix - from us
*ʿăḇōṯêmô*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their cords/ropes

Word Meanings

*nənatəqâ*: let us tear off/break/snap
*môsərôṯêmô*: their bonds/fetters/restraints
*našlîḵâ*: let us cast away/throw off/fling
*ʿăḇōṯêmô*: their cords/ropes/bonds

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 5:5 : 5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
Luke 19:14 : 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Luke 19:27 : 27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
1 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

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