Psalms

Psalm 81:8–12

⁸Hear, O My people, and I will warn you:

O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!

⁹There must be no strange god among you,

nor shall you bow to a foreign god.

¹⁰I am the LORD your God,

who brought you up out of Egypt.

Open wide your mouth,

and I will fill it.

¹¹But My people would not listen to Me,

and Israel would not obey Me.

¹²So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts

to follow their own devices.

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
Hear	שְׁמַ֣ע	šə·ma‘	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H8085 hear
O My people	עַ֭מִּי	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
and I will warn	וְאָעִ֣ידָה	wə·’ā·‘î·ḏāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H5749 return, go about, repeat, do again
you	בָּ֑ךְ	bāḵ	Preposition; second person masculine singular
O Israel	יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
if only	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
you would listen	תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־	tiš·ma‘-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H8085 hear
to Me	לִֽי׃	lî	Preposition; first person common singular

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
There must be no	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
strange	זָ֑ר	zār	Adjective - masculine singular	H2114 be a stranger
god	אֵ֣ל	’êl	Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
among you	בְ֭ךָ	ḇə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
nor shall you	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
bow	תִ֝שְׁתַּחֲוֶ֗ה	ṯiš·ta·ḥă·weh	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7812 bow down
to a foreign	נֵכָֽר׃	nê·ḵār	Noun - masculine singular	H5236 that which is foreign, foreignness
god	לְאֵ֣ל	lə·’êl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H410 god

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I	אָנֹכִ֨י׀	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
am the LORD	יְה֘וָ֤ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
your God	אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ	’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H430 God
who brought you up	הַֽ֭מַּעַלְךָ	ham·ma·‘al·ḵā	Article; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
out of Egypt	מִצְרָ֑יִם	miṣ·rā·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
Open wide your mouth	פִּ֝֗יךָ	pî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6310 mouth
and I will fill it	וַאֲמַלְאֵֽהוּ׃	wa·’ă·mal·’ê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H4390 be full, fill

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But My people	עַמִּ֣י	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
would not	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
listen to Me	שָׁמַ֣ע	šā·ma‘	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H8085 hear
and Israel	וְ֝יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	wə·yiś·rā·’êl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
would not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
obey	אָ֥בָה	’ā·ḇāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H14 be willing, consent
Me	לִֽי׃	lî	Preposition; first person common singular

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So I gave them up	וָֽ֭אֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּ	wā·’ă·šal·lə·ḥê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H7971 send
to their stubborn	בִּשְׁרִיר֣וּת	biš·rî·rūṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8307 firmness
hearts	לִבָּ֑ם	lib·bām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
to follow	יֵ֝לְכ֗וּ	yê·lə·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
their own devices	בְּֽמוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃	bə·mō·w·‘ă·ṣō·w·ṯê·hem	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H4156 counsel, plan, principle, device