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The feetרַגְלֵיof his faithful onesחֲסִידָיוhe guards,יִשְׁמֹרbut the wickedוּרְשָׁעִיםare silencedיִדָּמּוּin darkness;בַּחֹשֶׁךְforכִּיnotלֹאby strengthבְכֹחַdoes a manאִישׁprevail.יִגְבַּר
1 Samuel 2:9
Study it in the app“The feet of his faithful ones he guards, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for not by strength does a man prevail.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 2:9, word by word
- The feetרַגְלֵיragle
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appears- of his faithful onesחֲסִידָיchasiday
faithful one, godly
Faithful one: one who lives out loyal love toward God; also kind.
Where else “chasiday” appears- he guardsיִשְׁמֹרyishmor
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “yishmor” appears- but the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- are silencedיִדָּמּוּyidamu
perish
To be destroyed, perish.
Where else “yidamu” appears- in darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- by strengthכֹחַchoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “choach” appears- does a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- prevailיִגְבַּרyigbar
prevail
To be more powerful, win out.
Where else “yigbar” appears
The context
8He raises the poor from the dust; from the ash heap he lifts the needy, to make them sit with nobles, and he makes them inherit a throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are YHWH’s, and on them he has set the world.
9 · This verse (above)
10YHWH: those who contend with him will be shattered; against them he will thunder in the heavens. YHWH will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and lift high the horn of his anointed.”