Psalms

Psalm 144:12–15

¹²Then our sons will be like plants

nurtured in their youth,

our daughters like corner pillars

carved to adorn a palace.

¹³Our storehouses will be full,

supplying all manner of produce;

our flocks will bring forth thousands,

tens of thousands in our fields.

¹⁴Our oxen will bear great loads.^b

There will be no breach in the walls,

no going into captivity,

and no cry of lament in our streets.

¹⁵Blessed are the people of whom this is so;

blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then	אֲשֶׁ֤ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
our sons	בָּנֵ֨ינוּ׀	bā·nê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H1121 son
will be like plants	כִּנְטִעִים֮	kin·ṭi·‘îm	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural	H5195 plant
nurtured	מְגֻדָּלִ֪ים	mə·ḡud·dā·lîm	Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural	H1431 grow up, become great
in their youth	בִּֽנְעוּרֵ֫יהֶ֥ם	bin·‘ū·rê·hem	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H5271 youth, juvenility, young
our daughters	בְּנוֹתֵ֥ינוּ	bə·nō·w·ṯê·nū	Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common plural	H1323 daughter
like corner pillars	כְזָוִיֹּ֑ת	ḵə·zā·wî·yōṯ	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine plural construct	H2106 corner
carved	מְ֝חֻטָּב֗וֹת	mə·ḥuṭ·ṭā·ḇō·wṯ	Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine plural	H2404 cut or gather wood
to adorn	תַּבְנִ֥ית	taḇ·nîṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8403 construction, pattern, figure
a palace	הֵיכָֽל׃	hê·ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular	H1964 palace, temple

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Our storehouses	מְזָוֵ֣ינוּ	mə·zā·wê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H4200 garner
will be full	מְלֵאִים֮	mə·lê·’îm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H4392 full
supplying	מְפִיקִ֥ים	mə·p̄î·qîm	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural	H6329 bring out, furnish, promote
all manner of	מִזַּ֗ן	miz·zan	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H2177 kind, sort
produce	זַ֥ן	zan	Noun - masculine singular	H2177 kind, sort
our flocks	צֹאונֵ֣נוּ	ṣō·w·nê·nū	Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common plural	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
will bring forth thousands	מַ֭אֲלִיפוֹת	ma·’ă·lî·p̄ō·wṯ	Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine plural	H503 thousand
tens of thousands	מְרֻבָּב֗וֹת	mə·rub·bā·ḇō·wṯ	Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine plural	H7231 be or become, many, much
in our fields	בְּחוּצוֹתֵֽינוּ׃	bə·ḥū·ṣō·w·ṯê·nū	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H2351 the outside

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Our oxen	אַלּוּפֵ֗ינוּ	’al·lū·p̄ê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H441 tame
will bear great loads	מְֽסֻבָּ֫לִ֥ים	mə·sub·bā·lîm	Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural	H5445 bear
There will be no	אֵֽין־	’ên-	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
breach in the walls	פֶּ֭רֶץ	pe·reṣ	Noun - masculine singular	H6556 bursting forth, breach
no	וְאֵ֣ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
going into captivity	יוֹצֵ֑את	yō·w·ṣêṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H3318 go or come out
and no	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
cry of lament	צְ֝וָחָ֗ה	ṣə·wā·ḥāh	Noun - feminine singular	H6682 outcry
in our streets	בִּרְחֹבֹתֵֽינוּ׃	bir·ḥō·ḇō·ṯê·nū	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H7339 broad open place, plaza

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Blessed	אַשְׁרֵ֣י	’aš·rê	Interjection	H835 happiness, blessedness
are the people	הָ֭עָם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
of whom this is so	שֶׁכָּ֣כָה	šek·kā·ḵāh	Pronoun - relative; Adverb	H3602 thus
blessed	אַֽשְׁרֵ֥י	’aš·rê	Interjection	H835 happiness, blessedness
are the people	הָ֝עָ֗ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
whose God	אֱלֹהָֽיו׃	’ĕ·lō·hāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H430 God
is the LORD	שֶׁיֲהוָ֥ה	še·Yah·weh	Pronoun - relative; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh