Psalms 45:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then the king will be attracted by your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit to him!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁמְעִי־בַ֣ת וּ֭רְאִי וְהַטִּ֣י אָזְנֵ֑ךְ וְשִׁכְחִ֥י עַ֝מֵּ֗ךְ וּבֵ֥ית אָבִֽיךְ׃

Transliteration

šimʿî-bat and-rəʾî and-haṭṭî your-ʾāznēk and-šikḥî your-ʿammēk and-bêt your-ʾābîk

Grammar Details

• *šimʿî*: Qal imperative, 2nd feminine singular - 'hear/listen'
• *bat*: Feminine singular noun - 'daughter'
• *rəʾî*: Qal imperative, 2nd feminine singular with prefixed waw conjunction - 'and see/look'
• *haṭṭî*: Hiphil imperative, 2nd feminine singular with prefixed waw conjunction - 'and incline/bend'
• *ʾāznēk*: Feminine singular noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your ear'
• *šikḥî*: Qal imperative, 2nd feminine singular with prefixed waw conjunction - 'and forget'
• *ʿammēk*: Masculine singular noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your people'
• *bêt*: Masculine singular construct with prefixed waw conjunction - 'and house of'
• *ʾābîk*: Masculine singular noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your father'

Word Meanings

• *šimʿî*: hear/listen/obey
• *haṭṭî*: incline/bend/stretch out
• *šikḥî*: forget/ignore

Referenced Verses

• Isa 54:5 : 5 For your husband is the one who made you– the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called“God of the entire earth.”
• Ps 95:6 : 6 Come! Let’s bow down and worship! Let’s kneel before the LORD, our Creator!
• Song 1:8 : 8 The Lover to His Beloved: If you do not know, O most beautiful of women, simply follow the tracks of my flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds.
• Song 1:12-16 : 12 The Beloved about Her Lover: While the king was at his banqueting table, my nard gave forth its fragrance. 13 My beloved is like a fragrant pouch of myrrh spending the night between my breasts. 14 My beloved is like a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En Gedi. 15 Mutual Praise and AdmirationThe Lover to His Beloved: Oh, how beautiful you are, my beloved! Oh, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves! 16 The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how delightful you are! The lush foliage is our canopied bed;
• Song 2:2 : 2 The Lover to His Beloved: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens.
• Song 2:14 : 14 The Dove in the Clefts of En GediThe Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
• Song 4:1-5 : 1 The Wedding Night: Praise of the Bride The Lover to His Beloved: Oh, you are beautiful, my darling! Oh, you are beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. Your hair is like a flock of female goats descending from Mount Gilead. 2 Your teeth are like a flock of newly-shorn sheep coming up from the washing place; each of them has a twin, and not one of them is missing. 3 Your lips are like a scarlet thread; your mouth is lovely. Your forehead behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate. 4 Your neck is like the tower of David built with courses of stones; one thousand shields are hung on it– all shields of valiant warriors. 5 Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of the gazelle grazing among the lilies.
• Song 4:7 : 7 You are altogether beautiful, my darling! There is no blemish in you!
• Song 4:9-9 : 9 You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride! You have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. 10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine; the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!
• Song 6:4 : 4 The Renewal of LoveThe Lover to His Beloved: My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as awe-inspiring as bannered armies!
• Song 7:1-9 : 1 The Lover to His Beloved:(7:2) How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O nobleman’s daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a master craftsman. 2 Your navel is a round mixing bowl– may it never lack mixed wine! Your belly is a mound of wheat, encircled by lilies. 3 Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. 4 Your neck is like a tower made of ivory. Your eyes are the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus. 5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. The locks of your hair are like royal tapestries– the king is held captive in its tresses! 6 How beautiful you are! How lovely, O love, with your delights! 7 The Palm Tree and the Palm Tree ClimberThe Lover to His Beloved: Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters of grapes. 8 I want to climb the palm tree, and take hold of its fruit stalks. May your breasts be like the clusters of grapes, and may the fragrance of your breath be like apples! 9 May your mouth be like the best wine, flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together. 10 Poetic Refrain: Mutual PossessionThe Beloved about Her Lover: I am my beloved’s, and he desires me!
• Isa 62:4-5 : 4 You will no longer be called,“Abandoned,” and your land will no longer be called“Desolate.” Indeed, you will be called“My Delight is in Her,” and your land“Married.” For the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married to him. 5 As a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 “I, the LORD, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land. 6 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Israel will live in security. This is the name he will go by:‘The LORD has provided us with justice.’
• Zeph 3:17 : 17 The LORD your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you.”
• Luke 24:52 : 52 So they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
• John 4:21-22 : 21 Jesus said to her,“Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You people worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.
• John 20:28 : 28 Thomas replied to him,“My Lord and my God!”
• Acts 10:36 : 36 You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ(he is Lord of all)–
• Rom 14:9 : 9 For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
• Eph 5:26-27 : 26 to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word, 27 so that he may present the church to himself as glorious– not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
• Phil 2:10-11 : 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow– in heaven and on earth and under the earth– 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
• Phil 3:8 : 8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things– indeed, I regard them as dung!– that I may gain Christ,
• Rev 5:8-9 : 8 and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense(which are the prayers of the saints). 9 They were singing a new song:“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation. 10 You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.” 11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand– thousands times thousands– 12 all of whom were singing in a loud voice:“Worthy is the lamb who was killed to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and praise!” 13 Then I heard every creature– in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them– singing:“To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power forever and ever!” 14 And the four living creatures were saying“Amen,” and the elders threw themselves to the ground and worshiped.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!
• Ps 45:6 : 6 Your throne, O God, is permanent. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.