Psalm 131:2
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
דָּמַם
dâmam
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
יֶלֶד
yeled
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
גָּמַל
gâmal
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
גָּמַל
gâmal
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
יֶלֶד
yeled
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּמַם dâmam
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
Study H1826 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →גָּמַל gâmal
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
Study H1580 →גָּמַל gâmal
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
Study H1580 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
In your patience possess ye your souls.
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the...
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth min...
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