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שִׁיר
shir
[the] song of
noun · construct
הַמַּעֲלוֹת
ha·ma·'a·lot
the ascents
noun · absolute
אַשְׁרֵי
'ash·rei
how blessed
noun · construct
כָּל־
kol-
[is] every
noun · construct
יְרֵא
ye·re'
[one] fearing
adjective · construct
יְהוָה
yah·weh
(of) Yahweh
noun
הַהֹלֵךְ
ha·ho·lekh
who walks
verb · qal · participle
בִּדְרָכָיו
bid·ra·khav
in ways his
noun · construct
Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
יְגִיעַ
ye·gi·a'
[the] product of
noun · construct
כַּפֶּיךָ
ka·pei·kha
hands your
noun · construct
כִּי
ki
for
particle
תֹאכֵל
to·khel
you will eat
verb · qal · imperfect
אַשְׁרֶיךָ
'ash·rei·kha
how blessed [are]! you
noun · construct
וְטוֹב
ve·tov
and will be good
verb · qal · weqatal
לָךְ
lakh
[is] to you
suffix
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
אֶשְׁתְּךָ
'esh·te·kha
wife your
noun · construct
כְּגֶפֶן
ke·ge·fen
[will be] like a vine
noun · absolute
פֹּרִיָּה
po·ri·yah
fruitful
verb · qal · participle
בְּיַרְכְּתֵי
be·yar·ke·tei
in [the] innermost parts of
noun · construct
בֵיתֶךָ
vei·te·kha
house your
noun · construct
בָּנֶיךָ
ba·nei·kha
children your
noun · construct
כִּשְׁתִלֵי
kish·ti·lei
[will be] like shoots of
noun · construct
זֵיתִים
zei·tim
olive trees
noun · absolute
סָבִיב
sa·viv
around
noun · absolute
לְשֻׁלְחָנֶךָ
le·shul·cha·ne·kha
(to) table your
noun · construct
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
הִנֵּה
hi·neh
here
particle
כִי־
khi-
for
particle
כֵן
khen
thus
adverb
יְבֹרַךְ
ye·vo·rakh
he will be blessed
verb · pual · imperfect
גָּבֶר
ga·ver
a man
noun · absolute
יְרֵא
ye·re'
fearing
adjective · construct
יְהוָה
yah·weh
(of) Yahweh
noun
In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.
יְבָרֶכְךָ
ye·va·rekh·kha
may he bless you
verb · piel · imperfect
יְהוָה
yah·weh
Yahweh
noun
מִצִּיּוֹן
mi·tzi·yon
from Zion
noun
וּרְאֵה
u·re·'eh
and look
verb · qal · imperative
בְּטוּב
be·tuv
on [the] good thing[s] of
noun · construct
יְרוּשָׁלִָם
ye·ru·sha·lim
Jerusalem
noun
כֹּל
kol
all
noun · construct
יְמֵי
ye·mei
[the] days of
noun · construct
חַיֶּיךָ
chai·yei·kha
life your
noun · construct
May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,
וּרְאֵה־
u·re·'eh-
and see
verb · qal · imperative
בָנִים
va·nim
children
noun · absolute
לְבָנֶיךָ
le·va·nei·kha
of children your
noun · construct
שָׁלוֹם
sha·lom
peace
noun · absolute
עַל־
'al-
[be] on
preposition
יִשְׂרָאֵל
yis·ra·'el
Israel
noun
that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
Psalms 127
Psalms 129
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English: Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Grammar from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Sentence structure and references from MACULA Greek and Hebrew (Biblica / Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meaning groups from the UBS MARBLE Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Greek, based on Louw & Nida. Words marked with a dotted line are found in only some manuscripts.