Psalms 20:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַֽעַנְךָ֣ יְ֭הוָה בְּי֣וֹם צָרָ֑ה יְ֝שַׂגֶּבְךָ֗ שֵׁ֤ם ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֬י יַעֲקֹֽב׃

Transliteration

yaʿankā YHWH in-yôm ṣārâ yəśaggebkā šēm ʾĕlōhê Yaʿăqōb

Grammar Details

*yaʿankā*: imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - may he answer you
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*yôm*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition bet (in) - day
*ṣārâ*: feminine singular noun - trouble/distress
*yəśaggebkā*: imperfect 3rd masculine singular piel with 2nd masculine singular suffix - may he set you on high
*šēm*: masculine singular construct noun - name of
*ʾĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct noun - God of
*Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob

Word Meanings

*yaʿankā*: answer you/respond to you
*ṣārâ*: trouble/distress/adversity
*yəśaggebkā*: set you on high/protect you/defend you

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 73:17 : 17 Until I went{H8799)} into the sanctuary of God; then understood{H8799)} I their end.
Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Isa 14:32 : 32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Isa 37:34-35 : 34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. 35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
2 Sam 5:7 : 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
2 Sam 6:17 : 17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
1 Kgs 6:16 : 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
1 Kgs 8:44-45 : 44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name: 45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
2 Chr 20:8-9 : 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence,(for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
Ps 3:4 : 4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

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