Psalms 49:4

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Psalms 49:4


← Psalms 49:3 Psalms 49:4 (KJV) Psalms 49:5 →
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I will inclineH5186 mine earH241 to a parableH4912: I will openH6605 my dark sayingH2420 upon the harpH3658.


Original Hebrew

אַטֶּה לְמָשָׁל אָזְנִי אֶפְתַּח בְּכִנֹּור חִידָתִי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אַטֶּ֣ה
'a.Teh H5186 HVhi1cs I will incline
לְ/מָשָׁ֣ל
le./ma.Shal H4912 HR/Ncmsa to/ a proverb
אָזְנִ֑/י
'a.ze.N/i H241 HNcfsc/Sp1cs ear/ my
אֶפְתַּ֥ח
'ef.Tach H6605 HVqi1cs I will open
בְּ֝/כִנּ֗וֹר
be./khi.Nor H3658 HR/Ncmsa with/ a harp
חִידָתִֽ/י
chi.da.T/i H2420 HNcfsc/Sp1cs riddle/ my
Strong's References
  • H241 — אֹזֶן (ʼôzen, o'-zen): from אָזַן (ʼâzan) H238; broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man); [phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.
  • H2420 — חִידָה (chîydâh, khee-daw'): from חוּד (chûwd) H2330; a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim; dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
  • H3658 — כִּנּוֹר (kinnôwr, kin-nore'): from a unused root meaning to twang; a harp; harp.
  • H4912 — מָשָׁל (mâshâl, maw-shawl'): apparently from מָשַׁל (mâshal) H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse); byword, like, parable, proverb.
  • H5186 — נָטָה (nâṭâh, naw-taw'): a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application; [phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
  • H6605 — פָּתַח (pâthach, paw-thakh'): a primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve; appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
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