Psalms 81:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

There shall no strange{H8801)} god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship{H8691)} any strange god.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁמַ֣ע עַ֭מִּי וְאָעִ֣ידָה בָּ֑ךְ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם־תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־לִֽי׃

Transliteration

šəmaʿ my ʿammî and wəʾāʿîdâ against you, yiśrāʾēl if-tišmaʿ-to me

Grammar Details

*šəmaʿ*: qal imperative masculine singular - 'hear/listen'
*ʿammî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my people'
*wəʾāʿîdâ*: hiphil cohortative 1st singular with prefixed conjunction waw - 'and let me testify/warn'
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper name - 'Israel'
*tišmaʿ*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular with conditional particle 'im - 'if you would listen'

Word Meanings

*šəmaʿ*: hear/listen/obey
*ʿammî*: my people/my nation
*wəʾāʿîdâ*: and I will testify/I will warn/I will admonish
*tišmaʿ*: you would listen/you would hear/you would obey

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:12 : 12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Isa 43:12 : 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.
Mal 2:11 : 11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
1 Cor 8:5-6 : 5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth ,(as there be gods many, and lords many,) 6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Ps 44:20 : 20 If we have forgotten{H8804)} the name of our God, or stretched out{H8799)} our hands to a strange{H8801)} god;
Exod 20:3-5 : 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Deut 6:14 : 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;

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