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Then Phinehasוַ פִּינְחָסstood upיַּעֲמֹדand intervened,וַיְפַלֵּלand the plagueוַ הַמַּגֵּפָהwas stopped.תֵּעָצַר
Psalms 106:30
Study it in the app“Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stopped.”
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Psalms 106:30, word by word
- Then Phinehasפִּינְחָסpinchas
Phinehas
Phinehas, the name of two priests: the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron (Numbers 25:7) and one of the two sons of Eli (1 Samuel 1:3); also the father of a priest after the exile (Ezra 8:33).
Where else “pinchas” appears- stood upיַּעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- and intervenedיְפַלֵּלyefalel
arbitrate
To judge between two.
Where else “yefalel” appears- and the plagueמַּגֵּפָהmagefa
plague
An epidemic sent as punishment.
Where else “magefa” appears- was stoppedתֵּעָצַרteatsar
restrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “teatsar” appears
The context
29And they provoked him to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30 · This verse (above)
31And it was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.