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Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. (KJV)
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הַחֲזֵ֣קha.cha.Zektake hold of
Lemma: חָזַק (cha.zaq) · Strong's: H2388H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)
Meaning: to strengthen: hold
Used 71 times. Also: Genesis 19:16, Genesis 21:18, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:2, Deuteronomy 22:25, Deuteronomy 25:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2388H; TAHOT Psalms 35:2 word 1
מָגֵ֣ןma.Genshield
Lemma: מָגֵן (ma.gen) · Strong's: H4043
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: shield
Used 63 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Deuteronomy 33:29, Judges 5:8, 2 Samuel 1:21, 2 Samuel 22:3, 2 Samuel 22:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4043; TAHOT Psalms 35:2 word 2
וְצִנָּ֑הve.tzi.Nahand body shield
Lemma: צִנָּה (tsin.nah) · Strong's: H6793C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: shield
Used 20 times. Also: 1 Samuel 17:7, 1 Samuel 17:41, 1 Kings 10:16, 1 Chronicles 12:8, 1 Chronicles 12:24, 1 Chronicles 12:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6793C; TAHOT Psalms 35:2 word 3
וְ֝ק֗וּמָהve.Ku.mahand arise !
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to arise: rise
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965B; TAHOT Psalms 35:2 word 4
בְּעֶזְרָתִֽי\׃be.'ez.ra.Ti<in> help my
Lemma: עֶזְרָה (ez.rah) · Strong's: H5833
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: help
Used 26 times. Also: Judges 5:23, 2 Chronicles 28:21, Job 6:13, Job 31:21, Psalms 22:19, Psalms 27:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5833; TAHOT Psalms 35:2 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Take up | → | חָזַק H2388H to strengthen: hold |
| Your shield | → | מָגֵן H4043 shield |
| and buckler | → | צִנָּה H6793C shield |
| arise and come | → | קוּם H6965B to arise: rise |
| to my aid | → | עֶזְרָה H5833 help |
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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