Psalms 28:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הוֹשִׁ֤יעָה ׀ אֶת־עַמֶּ֗ךָ וּבָרֵ֥ךְ אֶת־נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ וּֽרְעֵ֥ם וְ֝נַשְּׂאֵ֗ם עַד־הָעוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

Hôšîʿâ ʾet-ʿammekā and bārēk ʾet-naḥălātekā, and ûrĕʿēm and naśśĕʾēm unto hāʿôlām.

Grammar Details

• *Hôšîʿâ*: hiphil imperative masculine singular - save/deliver
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʿammekā*: noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your people
• *bārēk*: piel imperative masculine singular - bless
• *naḥălātekā*: noun feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your inheritance/heritage
• *ûrĕʿēm*: qal imperative masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and waw conjunction - and shepherd them
• *naśśĕʾēm*: piel imperative masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and waw conjunction - and carry/lift them up
• *hāʿôlām*: noun masculine singular with definite article - the eternity/everlasting

Word Meanings

• *Hôšîʿâ*: save/deliver/rescue
• *ʿammekā*: your people/your nation
• *naḥălātekā*: your inheritance/your heritage/your possession
• *ûrĕʿēm*: shepherd them/tend them/care for them
• *naśśĕʾēm*: carry them/lift them up/sustain them
• *hāʿôlām*: eternity/forever/everlasting

Referenced Verses

• Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
• Deut 9:29 : 29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
• Ps 78:71 : 71 From following the ewes great with young{H8802)} he brought{H8689)} him to feed{H8800)} Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
• 1 Kgs 8:51 : 51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
• Ezra 1:4 : 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
• Ps 14:7 : 7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
• Ps 25:22 : 22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
• 1 Kgs 8:53 : 53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.
• Isa 46:3 : 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
• Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
• Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
• Jer 31:7 : 7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
• Ezek 34:23-24 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
• Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
• Mic 5:4 : 4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
• Mic 7:14 : 14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
• Matt 2:6 : 6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
• Eph 1:18 : 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
• Ps 80:14-19 : 14 Return{H8798)}, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down{H8685)} from heaven, and behold{H8798)}, and visit{H8798)} this vine; 15 And the vineyard{H8798)} which thy right hand hath planted{H8804)}, and the branch that thou madest strong{H8765)} for thyself. 16 It is burned{H8803)} with fire, it is cut down{H8803)}: they perish{H8799)} at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong{H8765)} for thyself. 18 So will not we go back{H8799)} from thee: quicken{H8762)} us, and we will call{H8799)} upon thy name. 19 Turn us again{H8685)}, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine{H8685)}; and we shall be saved{H8735)}.
• Deut 1:31 : 31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
• Deut 32:9 : 9 For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
• 2 Sam 7:7 : 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
• 2 Sam 21:3 : 3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?