Psalms 49:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call{H8804)} their lands after their own names.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י יִרְאֶ֨ה ׀ חֲכָ֘מִ֤ים יָמ֗וּתוּ יַ֤חַד כְּסִ֣יל וָבַ֣עַר יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וְעָזְב֖וּ לַאֲחֵרִ֣ים חֵילָֽם׃

Transliteration

For yirʾeh ḥăḵāmîm yāmûtû yaḥad kəsîl wā-baʿar yōʾbēdû wə-ʿāzəbû la-ʾăḥērîm ḥêlām

Grammar Details

*yirʾeh*: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he sees/will see'
*ḥăḵāmîm*: adjective masculine plural - 'wise ones'
*yāmûtû*: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they die'
*yaḥad*: adverb - 'together/alike'
*kəsîl*: noun masculine singular - 'fool'
*wā*: conjunction - 'and'
*baʿar*: noun masculine singular - 'brutish/stupid person'
*yōʾbēdû*: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they perish'
*wə*: conjunction - 'and'
*ʿāzəbû*: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they leave'
*la*: preposition - 'to/for'
*ʾăḥērîm*: adjective masculine plural - 'others'
*ḥêlām*: noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'their wealth'

Word Meanings

*kəsîl*: fool/stupid person
*baʿar*: brutish person/stupid/ignorant one
*ḥêlām*: their wealth/strength/power

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Referenced Verses

Gen 4:17 : 17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Ps 64:6 : 6 They search out{H8799)} iniquities; they accomplish{H8804)} a diligent{H8794)} search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
Ps 5:9 : 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Ps 10:6 : 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
Ezek 38:10 : 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Luke 11:39 : 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
Acts 8:22 : 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Deut 3:14 : 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
1 Sam 15:12 : 12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
2 Sam 18:18 : 18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

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