Psalms 45:11

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he `is' thy lord -- bow thyself 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 thy Maker `is' thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts `is' His name, And thy Redeemer `is' the Holy One of Israel, `God of all the earth,' He is called.
• Ps 95:6 : 6 Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker.
• Song 1:8 : 8 If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!
• Song 1:12-16 : 12 While the king `is' in his circle, My spikenard hath given its fragrance. 13 A bundle of myrrh `is' my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth. 14 A cluster of cypress `is' my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi! 15 Lo, thou `art' fair, my friend, Lo, thou `art' fair, thine eyes `are' doves! 16 Lo, thou `art' fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch `is' green,
• Song 2:2 : 2 So `is' my friend among the daughters!
• Song 2:14 : 14 My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice `is' sweet, and thy appearance comely.
• Song 4:1-5 : 1 Lo, thou `art' fair, my friend, lo, thou `art' fair, Thine eyes `are' doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead, 2 Thy teeth as a row of the shorn ones That have come up from the washing, For all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them. 3 As a thread of scarlet `are' thy lips, And thy speech `is' comely, As the work of the pomegranate `is' thy temple behind thy veil, 4 As the tower of David `is' thy neck, built for an armoury, The chief of the shields are hung on it, All shields of the mighty. 5 Thy two breasts `are' as two fawns, Twins of a roe, that are feeding among lilies.
• Song 4:7 : 7 Thou `art' all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,
• Song 4:9-9 : 9 Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck. 10 How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices.
• Song 6:4 : 4 Fair `art' thou, my friend, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts.
• Song 7:1-9 : 1 As the chorus of `Mahanaim.' How beautiful were thy feet with sandals, O daughter of Nadib. The turnings of thy sides `are' as ornaments, Work of the hands of an artificer. 2 Thy waist `is' a basin of roundness, It lacketh not the mixture, Thy body a heap of wheat, fenced with lilies, 3 Thy two breasts as two young ones, twins of a roe, 4 Thy neck as a tower of the ivory, Thine eyes pools in Heshbon, near the gate of Bath-Rabbim, Thy face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus, 5 Thy head upon thee as Carmel, And the locks of thy head as purple, The king is bound with the flowings! 6 How fair and how pleasant hast thou been, O love, in delights. 7 This thy stature hath been like to a palm, And thy breasts to clusters. 8 I said, `Let me go up on the palm, Let me lay hold on its boughs, Yea, let thy breasts be, I pray thee, as clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy face as citrons, 9 And thy palate as the good wine --' Flowing to my beloved in uprightness, Strengthening the lips of the aged! 10 I `am' my beloved's, and on me `is' his desire.
• Isa 62:4-5 : 4 It is not said of thee any more, `Forsaken!' And of thy land it is not said any more, `Desolate,' For to thee is cried, `My delight `is' in her,' And to thy land, `Married,' For Jehovah hath delighted in thee, And thy land is married. 5 For a young man doth marry a virgin, Thy Builders do marry thee, With the joy of a bridegroom over a bride, Rejoice over thee doth thy God.
• Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth. 6 In his days is Judah saved, and Israel dwelleth confidently, And this his name that Jehovah proclaimeth him, `Our Righteousness.'
• Zeph 3:17 : 17 Jehovah thy God `is' in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'
• Luke 24:52 : 52 and they, having bowed before him, did turn back to Jerusalem with great joy,
• John 4:21-22 : 21 Jesus saith to her, `Woman, believe me, that there doth come an hour, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father; 22 ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the salvation is of the Jews;
• John 20:28 : 28 And Thomas answered and said to him, `My Lord and my God;'
• Acts 10:36 : 36 the word that he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news -- peace through Jesus Christ (this one is Lord of all,)
• Rom 14:9 : 9 for because of this Christ both died and rose again, and lived again, that both of dead and of living he may be Lord.
• Eph 5:26-27 : 26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed `it' with the bathing of the water in the saying, 27 that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;
• Phil 2:10-11 : 10 that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow -- of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth -- 11 and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ `is' Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• Phil 3:8 : 8 yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,
• Rev 5:8-9 : 8 And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each one harps and golden vials full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints, 9 and they sing a new song, saying, `Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, 10 and didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.' 11 And I saw, and I heard the voice of many messengers round the throne, and the living creatures, and the elders -- and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands -- 12 saying with a great voice, `Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing!' 13 and every creature that is in the heaven, and in the earth, and under the earth, and the things that are upon the sea, and the all things in them, heard I saying, `To Him who is sitting upon the throne, and to the Lamb, `is' the blessing, and the honour, and the glory, and the might -- to the ages of the ages!' 14 and the four living creatures said, `Amen!' and the twenty-four elders fell down and they bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!
• Ps 45:6 : 6 Thy throne, O God, `is' age-during, and for ever, A sceptre of uprightness `Is' the sceptre of Thy kingdom.