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Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. (KJV)
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תְּפַלְּטֵנִי֮te.fa.le.te.Niyou delivered me
Lemma: פָּלַט (pa.lat) · Strong's: H6403
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpi2ms)
Meaning: to escape
Used 26 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:2, 2 Samuel 22:44, Job 21:10, Job 23:7, Psalms 17:13, Psalms 18:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6403; TAHOT Psalms 18:43 word 1
מֵרִ֪יבֵ֫יme.Ri.Veifrom [the] strivings of
Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7379
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: strife
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 13:7, Exodus 17:7, Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:3, Exodus 23:6, Deuteronomy 1:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7379; TAHOT Psalms 18:43 word 2
עָ֥ם'ama people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Psalms 18:43 word 3
תְּ֭שִׂימֵנִיTe.si.me.niyou appointed me
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to set: make
Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Psalms 18:43 word 4
לְרֹ֣אשׁle.Roshto [the] head of
Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: head: leader
Used 177 times. Also: Exodus 6:14, Exodus 6:25, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 1:4, Numbers 1:16, Numbers 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7218H; TAHOT Psalms 18:43 word 5
גּוֹיִ֑םgo.Yimnations
Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: nation
Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Psalms 18:43 word 6
עַ֖ם'ama people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Psalms 18:43 word 7
לֹא\־lo'-[which] not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Psalms 18:43 word 8
יָדַ֣עְתִּיya.Da'.tiI knew
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Psalms 18:43 word 9
יַֽעַבְדֽוּנִי\׃Ya.'av.Du.nithey serve me
Lemma: עָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5647H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to serve: minister
Used 157 times. Also: Exodus 3:12, Exodus 4:23, Exodus 7:16, Exodus 8:1, Exodus 8:20, Exodus 9:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5647H; TAHOT Psalms 18:43 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You have delivered me | → | פָּלַט H6403 to escape |
| from the strife | → | רִיב H7379 strife |
| of the people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| You have made me | → | שׂוּם H7760A to set: make |
| the head | → | רֹאשׁ H7218H head: leader |
| of nations | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| a people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| I had not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| known | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| shall serve me | → | עָבַד H5647H to serve: minister |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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