Psalms 78:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

That the generation to come might know{H8799)} them, even the children which should be born{H8735)}; who should arise{H8799)} and declare{H8762)} them to their children:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֤עַן יֵדְע֨וּ ׀ דּ֣וֹר אַ֭חֲרוֹן בָּנִ֣ים יִוָּלֵ֑דוּ יָ֝קֻ֗מוּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

In order that lᵉmaʿan yēḏᵉʿû dôr ʾaḥărôn bānîm yiwwālēḏû yāqumû and wîsappᵉrû to their liḇnêhem

Grammar Details

*lᵉmaʿan*: conjunction - in order that/so that
*yēḏᵉʿû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will know
*dôr*: noun, masculine singular - generation
*ʾaḥărôn*: adjective, masculine singular - later/coming/last
*bānîm*: noun, masculine plural - children/sons
*yiwwālēḏû*: niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be born
*yāqumû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will arise
*wîsappᵉrû*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will tell/recount
*liḇnêhem*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to their children/sons

Word Meanings

*lᵉmaʿan*: in order that/so that/for the purpose of
*yēḏᵉʿû*: they will know/understand/learn
*dôr*: generation/age/period
*ʾaḥărôn*: later/following/coming/last
*yiwwālēḏû*: they will be born/brought forth
*yāqumû*: they will arise/stand up/come on the scene
*wîsappᵉrû*: and they will tell/recount/declare/relate

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 102:18 : 18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Ps 145:4 : 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Joel 1:3 : 3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
Deut 4:10 : 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
Josh 22:24-25 : 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel? 25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
Esth 9:28 : 28 And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
Ps 22:31 : 31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
Ps 48:13 : 13 Mark{H8798)} ye well her bulwarks, consider{H8761)} her palaces; that ye may tell{H8762)} it to the generation following.
Ps 71:18 : 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake{H8799)} me not; until I have shewed{H8686)} thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come{H8799)}.
Ps 90:16 : 16 Let thy work appear{H8735)} unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

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