Psalms 81:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I should soon have subdued{H8686)} their enemies{H8802)}, and turned{H8686)} my hand against their adversaries.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ל֗וּ עַ֭מִּי שֹׁמֵ֣עַֽ לִ֑י יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל בִּדְרָכַ֥י יְהַלֵּֽכוּ׃

Transliteration

Oh that my ʿammî šōmēaʿ to me, yiśrāʾēl in my bidrāḵay yəhallēḵû

Grammar Details

*ʿammî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my people'
*šōmēaʿ*: qal active participle - 'would listen/hearing'
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper name - 'Israel'
*bidrāḵay*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - 'in my ways'
*yəhallēḵû*: piel imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'they would walk'

Word Meanings

*ʿammî*: my people/my nation
*šōmēaʿ*: listening/hearing/obeying
*bidrāḵay*: in my ways/in my paths/in my manner of life
*yəhallēḵû*: they would walk/they would go/they would follow

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Amos 1:8 : 8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
Num 14:9 : 9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
Num 14:45 : 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
Josh 23:13 : 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Judg 2:20-23 : 20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: 22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Ps 47:3 : 3 He shall subdue{H8686)} the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

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