Psalms 32:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תִּֽהְי֤וּ ׀ כְּס֥וּס כְּפֶרֶד֮ אֵ֤ין הָ֫בִ֥ין בְּמֶֽתֶג־וָרֶ֣סֶן עֶדְי֣וֹ לִבְל֑וֹם בַּ֝֗ל קְרֹ֣ב אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

ʾal-tihyû kəsûs kəp̄ereḏ ʾên hāḇîn bəmeṯeḡ-wāresen ʿeḏyô liḇlôm bal qərōḇ ʾēleḵā.

Grammar Details

*ʾal*-*tihyû*: negative particle + qal imperfect jussive 2nd person masculine plural - do not be
*kəsûs*: preposition *kə-* + masculine singular noun - like a horse
*kəp̄ereḏ*: preposition *kə-* + masculine singular noun - like a mule
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
*hāḇîn*: hiphil infinitive construct - understanding
*bəmeṯeḡ*: preposition *bə-* + masculine singular noun - with bit
*wāresen*: conjunction *wə-* + masculine singular noun - and bridle
*ʿeḏyô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its ornament/equipment
*liḇlôm*: preposition *lə-* + qal infinitive construct - to restrain/check
*bal*: negative particle - not
*qərōḇ*: qal infinitive construct - approaching
*ʾēleḵā*: preposition *ʾel* with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you

Word Meanings

*ʾên* *hāḇîn*: without understanding/having no understanding
*meṯeḡ*-*wāresen* *ʿeḏyô*: bit and bridle for its adorning/bit and bridle which are its restraint
*liḇlôm*: to restrain/to hold back/to check
*bal* *qərōḇ* *ʾēleḵā*: or else it will not come near to you/lest it come not near to you

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 26:3 : 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Jas 3:3 : 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
Jas 4:7-9 : 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Job 35:11 : 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jer 8:6-7 : 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Jer 31:18 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

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