Psalm 144:12
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
שְׁתִל
shᵉthil
a sprig (as if transplanted), i.e. sucker
רְבָה
rᵉbâh
{to increase (in whatever respect)}
נָעוּר
nâʻûwr
(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
פִּנָּה
pinnâh
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
תְּמוּנָה
tᵉmûwnâh
something portioned (i.e. fashioned) out, as ashape, i.e. (indefinitely) phantom, or (specifically) embodiment, or (figuratively) manifestation (of fa...
Key Terms in This Verse
תְּמוּנָה tᵉmûwnâh
something portioned (i.e. fashioned) out, as ashape, i.e. (indefinitely) phantom, or (specifically) embodiment, or (figuratively) manifestation (of favor)
Study H8544 →פִּנָּה pinnâh
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
Study H6438 →נָעוּר nâʻûwr
(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
Study H5271 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
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