Psalms 78:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For he established{H8686)} a testimony in Jacob, and appointed{H8804)} a law in Israel, which he commanded{H8765)} our fathers, that they should make them known{H8687)} to their children:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֤קֶם עֵד֨וּת ׀ בְּֽיַעֲקֹ֗ב וְתוֹרָה֮ שָׂ֤ם בְּיִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִ֭וָּה אֶת־אֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ לְ֝הוֹדִיעָ֗ם לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And he wayyāqem ʿēḏût in bᵉyaʿăqōḇ and wᵉtôrâ he śām in bᵉyiśrāʾēl ʾăšer he ṣiwwâ ʾet-our ʾăḇôtênû lᵉhôḏîʿām to their liḇnêhem

Grammar Details

*wayyāqem*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he established/set up
*ʿēḏût*: noun, feminine singular - testimony/witness
*bᵉyaʿăqōḇ*: preposition + proper noun - in Jacob
*wᵉtôrâ*: waw conjunctive + noun, feminine singular - and law/instruction
*śām*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he placed/put/set
*bᵉyiśrāʾēl*: preposition + proper noun - in Israel
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/that
*ṣiwwâ*: piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he commanded/ordered
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾăḇôtênû*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person plural suffix - our fathers
*lᵉhôḏîʿām*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to make them know
*liḇnêhem*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to their children/sons

Word Meanings

*ʿēḏût*: testimony/witness/ordinance/decree
*tôrâ*: law/instruction/teaching/direction
*śām*: placed/put/set/established
*ṣiwwâ*: commanded/ordered/appointed
*lᵉhôḏîʿām*: to make them know/to inform them/to teach them

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Referenced Verses

Ps 81:5 : 5 This he ordained{H8804)} in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out{H8800)} through the land of Egypt: where I heard{H8799)} a language that I understood{H8804)} not.
Ps 147:19 : 19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
Eph 6:4 : 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Deut 4:45 : 45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
Deut 6:7 : 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Rom 3:2 : 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Isa 38:19 : 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Ps 119:152 : 152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
1 John 5:9-9 : 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Ps 78:3-4 : 3 Which we have heard{H8804)} and known{H8799)}, and our fathers have told{H8765)} us. 4 We will not hide{H8762)} them from their children, shewing{H8764)} to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works{H8737)} that he hath done{H8804)}.
Deut 11:19 : 19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Gen 18:19 : 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Exod 25:16 : 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
Exod 25:21 : 21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
Exod 40:3 : 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.

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