Psalms 45:11

World English Bible (2000)

So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.

📖 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 Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Ps 95:6 : 6 Oh come, let's worship and bow down. Let's kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,
• Song 1:8 : 8 If you don't know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
• Song 1:12-16 : 12 While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. 13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts. 14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover 15 Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves. Beloved 16 Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant. Lover
• Song 2:2 : 2 As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. Beloved
• Song 2:14 : 14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, 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 Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead. 2 Your teeth are like a newly shorn flock, which have come up from the washing, where every one of them has twins. None is bereaved among them. 3 Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil. 4 Your neck is like David's tower built for an armory, whereon a thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men. 5 Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed among the lilies.
• Song 4:7 : 7 You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.
• Song 4:9-9 : 9 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck. 10 How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!
• Song 6:4 : 4 You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
• Song 7:1-9 : 1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince's daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman. 2 Your body is like a round goblet, no mixed wine is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies. 3 Your two breasts are like two fawns, that are twins of a roe. 4 Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus. 5 Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses. 6 How beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, for delights! 7 This, your stature, is like a palm tree, your breasts like its fruit. 8 I said, "I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit." Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples, Beloved 9 Your mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep. 10 I am my beloved's. His desire is toward me.
• Isa 62:4-5 : 4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married. 5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons shall marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
• Zeph 3:17 : 17 Yahweh, your God, is in the midst of you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
• Luke 24:52 : 52 They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
• John 4:21-22 : 21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. 22 You worship that which you don't know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
• John 20:28 : 28 Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"
• Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all--
• Rom 14:9 : 9 For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
• Eph 5:26-27 : 26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, 27 that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
• Phil 2:10-11 : 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• Phil 3:8 : 8 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
• Rev 5:8-9 : 8 Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 They sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation, 10 and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth." 11 I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands; 12 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!" 13 I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!" 14 The four living creatures said, "Amen!" The elders fell down and worshiped.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him. A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
• Ps 45:6 : 6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.