Psalms 60:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver{H8781)};

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְ֭מַעַן יֵחָלְצ֣וּן יְדִידֶ֑יךָ הוֹשִׁ֖יעָה יְמִֽינְךָ֣ *ועננו **וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

For-maʿan yēḥālṣûn yĕdîdêḵā hôšîʿâ yĕmînĕḵā and-ʿănēnî

Grammar Details

• *maʿan*: preposition - purpose/so that
• *yēḥālṣûn*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they may be delivered
• *yĕdîdêḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your beloved ones
• *hôšîʿâ*: hiphil imperative masculine singular - save/deliver
• *yĕmînĕḵā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your right hand
• *ʿănēnî*: qal imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - answer me

Word Meanings

• *yēḥālṣûn*: they may be delivered/rescued/saved
• *yĕdîdêḵā*: your beloved ones/those you love
• *hôšîʿâ*: save/deliver/help
• *yĕmînĕḵā*: your right hand (symbol of power and strength)
• *ʿănēnî*: answer me/respond to me

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:10 : 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
• Deut 33:17 : 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
• Josh 13:31 : 31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
• Josh 17:1 : 1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
• Josh 17:5-6 : 5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; 6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
• 1 Sam 28:2 : 2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
• 1 Chr 12:19 : 19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
• 1 Chr 12:37 : 37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.