Psalms 27:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁמַע־יְהוָ֖ה קוֹלִ֥י אֶקְרָ֗א וְחָנֵּ֥נִי וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

šəmaʿ-YHWH qôlî ʾeqrāʾ wə-ḥānnēnî wa-ʿănēnî

Grammar Details

*šəmaʿ*: qal imperative masculine singular - hear
*YHWH*: divine name - tetragrammaton
*qôlî*: noun masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my voice
*ʾeqrāʾ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I call
*wə-ḥānnēnî*: conjunction + qal imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and be gracious to me
*wa-ʿănēnî*: conjunction + qal imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and answer me

Word Meanings

*šəmaʿ*: hear/listen/pay attention to
*qôlî*: my voice/sound/noise
*ʾeqrāʾ*: I call/cry out/proclaim
*ḥānnēnî*: be gracious to me/show favor to me/have mercy on me
*ʿănēnî*: answer me/respond to me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 5:2 : 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; For unto thee do I pray.
Ps 13:3 : 3 Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
Ps 130:2-4 : 2 Lord, hear my voice: Let thine ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. 3 If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.
Ps 143:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; Give ear to my supplications: In thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.
Ps 4:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast set me at large [when I was] in distress: Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

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