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to hearלִשְׁמֹעַthe groaningאֶנְקַתof the prisoner,אָסִירto set freeלְפַתֵּחַthe sonsבְּנֵיof death,תְמוּתָה
Psalms 102:20
Study it in the app“to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free the sons of death,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 102:20, word by word
- to hearשְׁמֹעַshemoa
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shemoa” appears- the groaningאֶנְקַתenkat
groaning
Groaning, lament: the moan of one who suffers.
Where else “enkat” appears- of the prisonerאָסִירasir
prisoner
Prisoner, captive.
Where else “asir” appears- to set freeפַתֵּחַfateach
set free
To free a prisoner, or remove a load.
Where else “fateach” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of deathתְמוּתָהtemuta
death, execution
Death sentence, execution. "Sons of death": those condemned to die.
Where else “temuta” appears
The context
19For he looked down from the height of his holiness; YHWH from the heavens to the earth gazed,
20 · This verse (above)
21that they may recount in Zion the name of YHWH, and his praise in Jerusalem,