Psalm 92

Psalms · Chapter 92

Psalms 92:10

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
10But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.But my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and you have raised upוַתָּ֣רֶםva-TA-remH7311A
to exalt

רוּם (rum) 1) to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be high, be set on high 1a2) to be raised, be uplifted, be exalted 1a3) to be lifted, rise 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to raise or rear (children), cause to grow up 1b2) to lift up, raise, exalt 1b3) to exalt, extol 1c) (Polal) to be lifted up 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to raise, lift, lift up, take up, set up, erect, exalt, set on high 1d2) to lift up (and take away), remove 1d3) to lift off and present, contribute, offer, contribute 1e) (Hophal) to be taken off, be abolished 1f) (Hithpolel) to exalt oneself, magnify oneself …

like a wild oxכִּרְאֵ֣יםkir-'EIMH7214
wild ox

רְאֵם (re.em) probably the great aurochs or wild bulls which are now extinct. The exact meaning is not known.

horn myקַרְנִ֑יkar-NIH7161A
horn

קֶ֫רֶן (qe.ren) 1) horn 1a) horn 1b) of strength (fig) 1c) flask (container for oil) 1d) horn (as musical instrument) 1e) horn (of horn-like projections on the altar) 1f) of rays of light 1g) hill Aramaic equivalent: qe.ren (קֶ֫רֶן "horn" H7162)

I have been anointedבַּ֝לֹּתִ֗יba-lo-TIH1101A
to mix

בָּלַל (ba.lal) 1) to mix, mingle, confuse, confound 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to mingle, confuse 1a2) to mix 1b) (Hithpoel) to mix oneself (among others) 1c) (Hiphil) to fade away

with oilבְּשֶׁ֣מֶןbe-SHE-menH8081
oil

שֶׁ֫מֶן (she.men) 1) fat, oil 1a) fat, fatness 1b) oil, olive oil 1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent 1b2) for anointing 1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)

freshרַעֲנָֽן׃ra-'a-NANH7488B
luxuriant

רַעֲנַן (ra.a.nan) flourishing Aramaic of ra.a.nan (רַעֲנָן "luxuriant" H7488B)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.