Psalms 33:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַשְׁרֵ֣י הַ֭גּוֹי אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑יו הָעָ֓ם ׀ בָּחַ֖ר לְנַחֲלָ֣ה ל‪[c]‬וֹ׃

Transliteration

ʾAšrê the-gôy which-YHWH ʾĕlōhāyw the-ʿām bāḥar for-naḥălāh for-him

Grammar Details

• *ʾAšrê*: masculine plural construct noun - blessedness of/happiness of
• *ha-gôy*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the nation
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his God
• *hā-ʿām*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the people
• *bāḥar*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - chose/selected
• *lə-naḥălāh*: feminine singular noun with preposition *lə-* (for) - inheritance/possession
• *lô*: preposition *lə-* with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - for him/himself

Word Meanings

• *ʾAšrê*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *gôy*: nation/people/gentiles
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: his God/his gods/his deity
• *ʿām*: people/nation/folk
• *bāḥar*: chose/selected/elected
• *naḥălāh*: inheritance/possession/property

Referenced Verses

• Ps 144:15 : 15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
• Ps 65:4 : 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest{H8799)}, and causest to approach{H8762)} unto thee, that he may dwell{H8799)} in thy courts: we shall be satisfied{H8799)} with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
• Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
• 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:
• John 15:16 : 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
• Eph 1:4 : 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
• Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• Ps 28:9 : 9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• Deut 7:6-8 : 6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
• Ps 135:4 : 4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
• Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
• 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.