Psalms 36:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִ֭רְוִיֻן מִדֶּ֣שֶׁן בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וְנַ֖חַל עֲדָנֶ֣יךָ תַשְׁקֵֽם׃

Transliteration

yirwᵊyun from-dešen bêteḵā and-naḥal ʿădāneḵā tašqēm

Grammar Details

• *yirwᵊyun*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are satisfied/drink abundantly
• *dešen*: masculine, singular with prefixed preposition מִן (from) - from abundance/fatness
• *bêteḵā*: masculine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix (your) - your house
• *naḥal*: masculine, singular with prefixed conjunction וְ (and) - and stream/river
• *ʿădāneḵā*: masculine, plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix (your) - your delights
• *tašqēm*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix (them) - you cause them to drink

Word Meanings

• *yirwᵊyun*: they are satisfied/drink abundantly/filled
• *dešen*: abundance/fatness/richness
• *bêteḵā*: your house/dwelling
• *naḥal*: stream/river/wadi
• *ʿădāneḵā*: your delights/pleasures
• *tašqēm*: you give them to drink/water them/provide drink

Referenced Verses

• Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
• 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 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
• John 4:14 : 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
• John 7:37-39 : 37 {G1161} In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
• John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• Job 29:3 : 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
• Ps 27:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Isa 2:5 : 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
• Isa 12:3 : 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
• Isa 60:1-2 : 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
• Isa 60:19 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
• 1 John 1:7 : 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
• Rev 21:6 : 6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
• Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
• Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
• John 1:8-9 : 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.