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and gathered themקִבְּצָםfrom the lands,וּמֵאֲרָצוֹתfrom the eastמִמִּזְרָחand from the west,וּמִמַּעֲרָבfrom the northמִצָּפוֹןand from the sea.וּמִיָּם
Psalms 107:3
Study it in the app“and gathered them from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.”
The redeemed tell how God brought them out of the desert and satisfied their hungerJoy and thanks
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 107:3, word by word
- and gathered themקִבְּצָkibtsa
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “kibtsa” appears- from the landsאֲרָצוֹתaratsot
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “aratsot” appears- from the eastמִּזְרָחmizrach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appears- and from the westמַּעֲרָבmaarav
west
West: the side where the sun sets.
Where else “maarav” appears- from the northצָּפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- and from the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears
Translation note
“From the sea”: in the land of Israel the sea lies to the west; since the west has already been named, it can be understood as the south. The Hebrew says “sea.”
The context
2Let the redeemed of YHWH say so, whom he redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
3 · This verse (above)
4They wandered in the wilderness, in the desert; a way to a city to dwell in they did not find.