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So he humbledוַיַּכְנַעtheir heartלִבָּםwith hardship;בֶּעָמָלthey stumbled,כָּשְׁלוּand there was no oneוְאֵיןto help.עֹזֵר
Psalms 107:12
Study it in the app“So he humbled their heart with hardship; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.”
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Psalms 107:12, word by word
- So he humbledיַּכְנַעyachna
subdue
To master an enemy until he is under one's own power.
Where else “yachna” appears- their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- with hardshipעָמָלamal
suffering
Pain one goes through, or harm done to others.
Where else “amal” appears- they stumbledכָּשְׁלוּkashlu
stumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “kashlu” appears- to helpעֹזֵרozer
help
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “ozer” appears
The context
11for they had rebelled against the sayings of El, and the counsel of Elyon they had despised.
12 · This verse (above)
13And they cried out to YHWH in their distress; from their straits he saved them.