Study it in the app“Shepherd your people with your rod, the flock of your inheritance, which dwells alone, in the forest in the midst of a fertile field; let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of long ago.”
Shepherdרְעֵהyour peopleעַמְּךָwith your rod,בְשִׁבְטֶךָthe flockצֹאןof your inheritance,נַחֲלָתֶךָwhich dwellsשֹׁכְנִיalone,לְבָדָדin the forestיַעַרin the midstבְּתוֹךְof a fertile field;כַּרְמֶלlet them grazeיִרְעוּin Bashanבָשָׁןand Gileadוְגִלְעָדas in the daysכִּימֵיof long ago.עוֹלָם
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “ree” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appearsrod
A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.
Where else “shivte” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearsinheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalate” appearsdwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shochni” appearsalone, apart
Apart, alone: separated from the others.
Where else “vadad” appearsforest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsCarmel
See it on the mapWhere else “karmel” appearsBashan
See it on the mapWhere else “vashan” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appearsof old
The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.
Where else “olam” appears“Fertile field”: in Hebrew Carmel; it can also be Mount Carmel.
1Carmel
Today: Mount Carmel, near Haifa, Israel
A mountain ridge near the Mediterranean coast in northern Israel, by present-day Haifa.
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal there, and fire from the Lord fell (1 Kgs 18:19-38).
2Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
3Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
13And the land will become a desolation because of its inhabitants, for the fruit of their deeds.
14 · This verse (above)
15“As in the days of your going out from the land of Egypt, I will show him wonders.”
