Psalm 44:12
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָכַר
mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
מְאוּמָה
mᵉʼûwmâh
properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
μέλω
mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
תְּבוּאָה
tᵉbûwʼâh
income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָכַר mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
Study H4376 →מְאוּמָה mᵉʼûwmâh
properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
Study H3972 →μέλω mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
Study G3199 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, ...
Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could n...
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