Psalms 75:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Lift not up{H8686)} your horn on high: speak{H8762)} not with a stiff neck.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָמַ֣רְתִּי לַֽ֭הוֹלְלִים אַל־תָּהֹ֑לּוּ וְ֝לָרְשָׁעִ֗ים אַל־תָּרִ֥ימוּ קָֽרֶן׃

Transliteration

ʾāmartî to-the-hôləlîm ʾal-tāhōllû and-to-the-rəšāʿîm ʾal-tārîmû qāren

Grammar Details

*ʾāmartî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular verb - I said
*hôləlîm*: Poal participle masculine plural with prefixed preposition - to the arrogant/boastful
*ʾal-tāhōllû*: negative particle with Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural verb - do not boast
*rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective with prefixed preposition - to the wicked
*ʾal-tārîmû*: negative particle with Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural verb - do not lift up
*qāren*: feminine singular noun - horn

Word Meanings

*ʾāmartî*: I said/declared/spoke
*hôləlîm*: the arrogant/boastful/foolish ones
*ʾal-tāhōllû*: do not boast/be arrogant/act foolishly
*rəšāʿîm*: the wicked/ungodly/evil ones
*tārîmû*: lift up/exalt/raise
*qāren*: horn (symbol of strength/power/pride)

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 32:9 : 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
Deut 31:27 : 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
2 Chr 30:8 : 8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
Isa 48:4 : 4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Ezek 2:4 : 4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
Acts 7:51 : 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

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