Psalms 25:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַֽעַן־שִׁמְךָ֥ יְהוָ֑ה וְֽסָלַחְתָּ֥ לַ֝עֲוֺנִ֗י כִּ֣י רַב־הֽוּא

Transliteration

lĕmaʿan-šimḵā YHWH wĕsālaḥtā laʿăwōnî kî raḇ-hûʾ

Grammar Details

*lĕmaʿan-šimḵā*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'for the sake of your name'
*wĕsālaḥtā*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'and you will forgive'
*laʿăwōnî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my iniquity'
*kî*: conjunction - 'for/because'
*raḇ-hûʾ*: adjective, masculine singular + pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - 'it is great'

Word Meanings

*šimḵā*: your name/your reputation/your character
*sālaḥtā*: you will forgive/you forgive/forgive
*ʿăwōnî*: my iniquity/my guilt/my sin
*raḇ*: great/much/abundant

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 31:3 : 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
Ps 79:9 : 9 Help{H8798)} us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver{H8685)} us, and purge away{H8761)} our sins, for thy name's sake.
Ps 109:21 : 21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
Isa 43:25 : 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Isa 48:9 : 9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
Ezek 36:22 : 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
Rom 5:15 : 15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Rom 5:20-21 : 20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 John 2:12 : 12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
Ps 143:11 : 11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
Num 14:17-19 : 17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, 18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

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