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1 Samuel 2:7

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The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.	The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.	He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The LORD^H3068 maketh poor^H3423, and maketh rich^H6238: he bringeth low^H8213, and^H637 lifteth up^H7311.

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Original Hebrew

יְהוָה מֹורִישׁ וּמַעֲשִׁיר מַשְׁפִּיל אַף־מְרֹומֵם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
מוֹרִ֣ישׁ	mo.Rish	H3423	HVhrmsa	(is) making poor
וּ/מַעֲשִׁ֑יר	u./ma.'a.Shir	H6238	HC/Vhrmsa	and/ (is) making rich
מַשְׁפִּ֖יל	mash.Pil	H8213	HVhrmsa	(he is) bringing low
אַף	'af-	H637	HTa	also
מְרוֹמֵֽם	me.ro.Mem	H7311	HVormsa	(is) exalting

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H637 — אַף (ʼaph, af): a primitive particle; meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though; also, [phrase] although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, [phrase] how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3423 — יָרַשׁ (yârash, yaw-rash'): or יָרֵשׁ; a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin; cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, [idiom] utterly.
• H6238 — עָשַׁר (ʻâshar, aw-shar'): a primitive root; properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich; be(-come, en-, make, make self, wax) rich, make (1 Kings 22:48 marg). See עָשָׂר.
• H7311 — רוּם (rûwm, room): a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively); bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
• H8213 — שָׁפֵל (shâphêl, shaw-fale'): a primitive root; to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive); abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).

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