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Psalm 49

Psa. 49:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I will incline
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + 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, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
mine ear
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
to a parable
mashal (Hebrew #4912)
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
KJV usage: byword, like, parable, proverb.
Pronounce: maw-shawl'
Origin: apparently from 4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action
: I will open
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
my dark saying
chiydah (Hebrew #2420)
a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim
KJV usage: dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
Pronounce: khee-daw'
Origin: from 2330
upon the harp
kinnowr (Hebrew #3658)
a harp
KJV usage: harp.
Pronounce: kin-nore'
Origin: from a unused root meaning to twang
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Cross References

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incline.
Psa. 78:2• 2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old, (Psa. 78:2)
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Matt. 13:35• 35so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the world's foundation. (Matt. 13:35)
parable.
Num. 23:7• 7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel! (Num. 23:7)
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Ezek. 20:49• 49And I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? (Ezek. 20:49)
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Matt. 13:11‑15• 11And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;
 12for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
 13For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
 14and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;
 15for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. (Matt. 13:11‑15)
dark.
Prov. 1:6• 6to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas. (Prov. 1:6)
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Dan. 8:23• 23And at the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors shall have come to the full, a king of bold countenance, and understanding riddles, shall stand up. (Dan. 8:23)
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Luke 12:3• 3therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. (Luke 12:3)
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2 Cor. 3:12• 12Having therefore such hope, we use much boldness: (2 Cor. 3:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp.