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Our fathersאֲבוֹתֵינוּin Egyptבְמִצְרַיִםdid notלֹאunderstandהִשְׂכִּילוּyour wonders;נִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָthey did notלֹאrememberזָכְרוּthe abundanceרֹבof your loyal love,חֲסָדֶיךָbut rebelledוַיַּמְרוּbyעַלthe sea,יָםat the Seaבְּיַםof Reeds.סוּף
Psalms 106:7
Study it in the app“Our fathers in Egypt did not understand your wonders; they did not remember the abundance of your loyal love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Sea of Reeds.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 106:7, word by word
- Our fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- in Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- understandהִשְׂכִּילוּhiskilu
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “hiskilu” appears- your wondersנִפְלְאוֹתֶיniflote
wonder
What YHWH does, beyond what a person can do or understand.
Where else “niflote” appears- rememberזָכְרוּzachru
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zachru” appears- the abundanceרֹבrov
abundance
A great amount, so large that it is not measured.
Where else “rov” appears- of your loyal loveחֲסָדֶיchasade
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasade” appears- but rebelledיַּמְרוּyamru
rebel
Rebel, resist what is commanded.
Where else “yamru” appears- the seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- of Reedsסוּףsuf
reed
Tall shore plants; "the Sea of Rushes".
Where else “suf” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
6We have sinned with our fathers; we have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly.
7 · This verse (above)
8Yet he saved them for the sake of his name, to make known his might.