Psalms 71:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort{H8800)}: thou hast given commandment{H8765)} to save{H8687)} me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֱיֵ֤ה לִ֨י ׀ לְצ֥וּר מָע֡וֹן לָב֗וֹא תָּמִ֗יד צִוִּ֥יתָ לְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי כִּֽי־סַלְעִ֖י וּמְצוּדָתִ֣י אָֽתָּה׃

Transliteration

hĕyēh to me to ṣûr māʿôn to lābôʾ tāmîd ṣiwwîtā to ləhôšîʿēnî for-salʿî ûməṣûdātî ʾāttāh

Grammar Details

*hĕyēh*: qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular - 'be'
*ṣûr*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'rock of'
*māʿôn*: noun, masculine singular - 'dwelling/habitation'
*lābôʾ*: qal infinitive construct with preposition - 'to come/enter'
*tāmîd*: adverb - 'continually/always'
*ṣiwwîtā*: piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'you have commanded'
*ləhôšîʿēnî*: hiphil infinitive construct with preposition and 1st person singular suffix - 'to save me'
*salʿî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my rock'
*ûməṣûdātî*: noun with conjunction and 1st person singular suffix - 'and my fortress'
*ʾāttāh*: 2nd person masculine singular independent pronoun - 'you'

Word Meanings

*ṣûr*: rock/cliff/boulder
*māʿôn*: dwelling/habitation/refuge
*lābôʾ*: to come/to enter/to go
*tāmîd*: continually/always/regularly
*ṣiwwîtā*: commanded/ordained/decreed
*salʿî*: my rock/my cliff/my stronghold
*məṣûdātî*: my fortress/my stronghold/my castle

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 18:2 : 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Ps 31:2-3 : 2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
Ps 44:4 : 4 Thou art my King, O God: command{H8761)} deliverances for Jacob.
Ps 68:28 : 28 Thy God hath commanded{H8765)} thy strength: strengthen{H8798)}, O God, that which thou hast wrought{H8804)} for us.
Ps 90:1 : 1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Ps 91:1-2 : 1 He that dwelleth{H8802)} in the secret place of the most High shall abide{H8698)} under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say{H8799)} of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust{H8799)}.
Ps 91:9 : 9 Because thou hast made{H8804)} the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Ps 91:11-12 : 11 For he shall give his angels charge{H8762)} over thee, to keep{H8800)} thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up{H8799)} in their hands, lest thou dash{H8799)} thy foot against a stone.
Ps 144:2 : 2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Isa 33:16 : 16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Ezek 9:6 : 6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
Rev 7:2-3 : 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Ps 42:8 : 8 Yet the LORD will command{H8762)} his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Deut 33:27 : 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

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