Psalms 89:3

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Psalms 89:3


← Psalms 89:2 Psalms 89:3 (KJV) Psalms 89:4 →
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I have madeH3772 a covenantH1285 with my chosenH972, I have swornH7650 unto DavidH1732 my servantH5650,


Original Hebrew

כָּרַתִּי בְרִית לִבְחִירִי נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לְדָוִד עַבְדִּי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
כָּרַ֣תִּֽי
ka.Ra.ti H3772 HVqp1cs I have made
בְ֭רִית
Ve.rit H1285 HNcfsa a covenant
לִ/בְחִירִ֑/י
li/v.chi.R/i H972 HR/Aamsc/Sp1cs to/ chosen one/ my
נִ֝שְׁבַּ֗עְתִּי
nish.Ba'.ti H7650 HVNp1cs I have sworn an oath
לְ/דָוִ֥ד
le./da.Vid H1732 HR/Np to/ David
עַבְדִּֽ/י
'av.D/i H5650 HNcmsc/Sp1cs servant/ my
Strong's References
  • H972 — בָּחִיר (bâchîyr, baw-kheer'): from בָּחַר (bâchar) H977; select; choose, chosen one, elect.
  • H1285 — בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'): from בָּרָה (bârâh) H1262 (in the sense of cutting (like בָּרָא (bârâʼ) H1254)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh); confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
  • H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד (Dâvîyd); from the same as דּוֹד (dôwd) H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
  • H3772 — כָּרַת (kârath, kaw-rath'): a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.
  • H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד (ʻâbad) H5647; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
  • H7650 — שָׁבַע (shâbaʻ, shaw-bah'): a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from שֶׁבַע (shebaʻ) H7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times); adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for שָׂבַע (sâbaʻ) H7646), take an oath, [idiom] straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
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