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Psalms 45:10

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 45:11.

שִׁמְעִיshimihearשָׁמַעverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “hear”, a commandH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…בַ֣תvatdaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “daughter”, the ordinary formH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.וּ֭רְאִיureiand seeרָאָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and see”, a commandH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…וְהַטִּ֣יvehatiand spreadנָטָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and spread”, a commandH5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, o…אָזְנֵ֑ךְazenekheearאֹזֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “ear”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH241broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)[phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.וְשִׁכְחִ֥יveshikhchiand forgetשָׁכַחconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and forget”, a commandH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.עַ֝מֵּ֗ךְamekhepeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “people”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.וּבֵ֥יתuveytand familyבַּיִתconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…אָבִֽיךְavikhefatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(45-11) 'Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house:

Young’s Literal Translation

Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,

World English Bible

Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.

Darby Translation

Hearken, daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; and forget thine own people and thy father's house:

Douay-Rheims

Making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: and the shield he shall burn in the fire.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(45-11) 'Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father's house.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἄκουσον θύγατερ καὶ ἴδε καὶ κλῖνον τὸ οὖς σου, καὶ ἐπιλάθου τοῦ λαοῦ σου, καὶ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός σου.