Psalms 22:30

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָכְל֬וּ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֨וּ ׀ כָּֽל־דִּשְׁנֵי־אֶ֗רֶץ לְפָנָ֣יו יִ֭כְרְעוּ כָּל־יוֹרְדֵ֣י עָפָ֑ר וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ לֹ֣א חִיָּֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾākəlû and-yištaḥăwû all-dišnê-ʾereṣ before-him yikrəʿû all-yôrədê ʿāpār and-napšô not ḥiyyâ

Grammar Details

*ʾākəlû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - 'they have eaten'
*yištaḥăwû*: verb, hishtaphel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will bow down'
*dišnê*: adjective, masculine plural construct - 'fat ones of'
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular - 'earth/land'
*yikrəʿû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will kneel'
*yôrədê*: verb, qal participle, masculine plural construct - 'those going down to'
*ʿāpār*: noun, masculine singular - 'dust'
*napšô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his soul'
*ḥiyyâ*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he preserved alive'

Word Meanings

*ʾākəlû*: they have eaten/will eat/feast
*yištaḥăwû*: they will bow down/prostrate themselves/worship
*dišnê*: fat ones/prosperous ones/rich ones of
*yikrəʿû*: they will kneel/bow down/bend the knee
*yôrədê*: those going down to/descending to
*ʿāpār*: dust/earth/soil
*ḥiyyâ*: he preserved alive/kept alive/sustained

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Referenced Verses

Ps 14:5 : 5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
Ps 24:6 : 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Ps 73:15 : 15 If I say{H8804)}, I will speak{H8762)} thus; behold, I should offend{H8804)} against the generation of thy children.
Ps 87:6 : 6 The LORD shall count{H8799)}, when he writeth up{H8800)} the people, that this man was born{H8795)} there. Selah.
Ps 102:28 : 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Matt 3:9 : 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Gal 3:26-29 : 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Heb 2:13 : 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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