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Those who satיֹשְׁבֵיin darknessחֹשֶׁךְand the shadow of death,וְצַלְמָוֶתprisonersאֲסִירֵיof afflictionעֳנִיand of iron,וּבַרְזֶל
Psalms 107:10
Study it in the app“Those who sat in darkness and the shadow of death, prisoners of affliction and of iron,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 107:10, word by word
- Those who satיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshve” appears- in darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- and the shadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתtsalmavet
deep darkness
Deep darkness: the thickest gloom. The word joins "shadow" and "death"; it is used for extreme danger, for the densest darkness and for the place of the dead.
Where else “tsalmavet” appears- prisonersאֲסִירֵיasire
prisoner
Prisoner, captive.
Where else “asire” appears- of afflictionעֳנִיoni
affliction
Affliction, suffering, misery.
Where else “oni” appears- and of ironבַרְזֶלvarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “varzel” appears
The context
9For he has satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul he has filled with good.
10 · This verse (above)
11for they had rebelled against the sayings of El, and the counsel of Elyon they had despised.