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ForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהknowsיוֹדֵעַthe wayדֶּרֶךְof the righteous,צַדִּיקִיםbut the wayוְדֶרֶךְof the wickedרְשָׁעִיםwill perish.תֹּאבֵד
Psalms 1:6
Study it in the app“For YHWH knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.”
Two ways: that of the righteous and that of the wickedObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 1:6, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- knowsיוֹדֵעַyodea
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derech” appears- of the righteousצַדִּיקִיםtsadikim
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appears- of the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- will perishתֹּאבֵדtoved
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “toved” appears
The context
5Therefore the wicked will not rise in the judgment, nor sinners in the community of the righteous.
6 · This verse (above)