Psalm 81:13
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →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 →יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Study H3478 →Cross References
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her...
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