Psalm 18:50:1Ps.18.50.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:51
מַגְדִּל מַגְדִּיל֮ יְשׁוּע֣וֹת מַלְכּ֑וֹ וְעֹ֥שֶׂה חֶ֝סֶד לִמְשִׁיח֗וֹ לְדָוִ֥ד וּלְזַרְע֗וֹ עַד־עוֹלָ֥ם׃
magdil magdil yeshuot malko veose khesed limshikho ledavid ulzaro adolam
“He makes great salvation for His king, and performs kindness for His anointed, for David and for his seed forever.”
- Transliteration
- mag-DIL mag-DIL ye-shu-OT mal-KO ve-o-SE khe-SED lim-shi-KHO le-DA-vid ul-zar-O aD-o-LAM
- Extended
- mag-DIHL mag-DEEL yeh-shu-OHT mal-KOH veh-oh-SEH kheh-SEHD lim-shee-KHOH leh-DAA-vid ool-zar-OH ahd-o-LAAM
- IPA
- /maɡˈdil maɡˈdiːl jɛʃuˈʕoːt malˈkoː vɛˈʕoːsɛ ħɛˈsɛð limʃiˈħoː lɛðaːˈvid ulzærˈʕoː ʕadˈʕoːlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- He makes great salvation for His king, and performs kindness for His anointed, for David and for his seed forever.
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Exegesis
The verse opens with an intensifying fronted element, migdol {מגדל | migdōl} ‘greatly’, followed by a participle magdil {מַגְדִּיל֮ | magdîl} ‘magnifying’, a pairing that foregrounds ongoing divine action rather than a single past event.
The direct object yeshuot {יְשׁוּע֢וֹת | yəšûʿôt} ‘deliverances’ is plural, portraying repeated acts of rescue, while malko {מַֽלְכּ֥וֹ | malkô} ‘His king’ identifies the beneficiary as the ruler appointed under God’s authority.
A second participial clause veoseh {וְעֹ֤שֶׂה | wə-ʿōśeh} ‘and doing’ coordinates a parallel action, linking saving power with relational faithfulness through chesed {חֶ֨סֶד | ḥéseḏ} ‘steadfast love’. The prepositional sequence limshicho... le-david...
u-lezaro {לִמְשִׁיח֗וֹ לְדָוִ֥ד וּלְזַרְע֗וֹ | limšîḥô lə-ḏāwiḏ û-lə-zarʿô} specifies that this loyal commitment is directed first to “His anointed” and then concretely to David and his line, extending the scope from an individual king to a continuing dynasty.
The closing ad-olam {עַד־עוֹלָֽם | ʿad-ʿōlām} ‘forever’ functions as a durative frame, presenting the deliverance-and-chesed pairing as enduring.
Root and etymology
consonantsgimel–dalet–lamed
“to make great”
In context — Psalm 18:50
Greatly He magnifies deliverances for His king, and He shows steadfast love to His anointed, to David, and to his offspring, forever.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:50:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:50, so the Hebrew word מַגְדִּל מַגְדִּיל֮ יְשׁוּע֣וֹת מַלְכּ֑וֹ וְעֹ֥שֶׂה חֶ֝סֶד לִמְשִׁיח֗וֹ לְדָוִ֥ד וּלְזַרְע֗וֹ עַד־עוֹלָ֥ם׃ (magdil magdil yeshuot malko veose khesed limshikho ledavid ulzaro adolam) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ps.18.50.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.50.W1.S1) and character.