Psalms 105:12

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Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:	When they were [but] a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.	When they went from one nation to another, from [one] kingdom to another people;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

When they were but a few men^H4962 in number^H4557; yea, very few^H4592, and strangers^H1481 in it.

Original Hebrew

בִּהְיֹותָם מְתֵי מִסְפָּר כִּמְעַט וְגָרִים בָּהּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בִּֽ֭/הְיוֹתָ/ם	Bi/h.yo.to/m	H1961	HR/Vqc/Sp3mp	when/ were/ they
מְתֵ֣י	me.Tei	H4962	HNcmpc	men of
מִסְפָּ֑ר	mis.Par	H4557	HNcmsa	number
כִּ֝/מְעַ֗ט	ki/m.'At	H4592	HR/Ncmsa	like/ a little
וְ/גָרִ֥ים	ve./ga.Rim	H1481	HC/Vqrmpa	and/ sojourners
בָּֽ/הּ	Ba/h		HR/Sp3fs	in/ it

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

Strong's References

H1481 — גּוּר (gûwr, goor): a primitive root; properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid); abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.
H4557 — מִסְפָּר (miçpâr, mis-pawr'): from סָפַר; a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration; [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.
H4592 — מְעַט (mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at'): or מְעָט; from מָעַט; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.); almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.
H4962 — מַת (math, math): from the same as מָתַי; properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural); [phrase] few, [idiom] friends, men, persons, [idiom] small.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

a few — Genesis 34:30, Deuteronomy 7:7, Deuteronomy 26:5, Isaiah 51:2, Ezekiel 33:24-33
and strangers — Genesis 17:8, Genesis 23:4, Acts 7:5, Hebrews 11:9, Hebrews 11:12

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