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They wanderedתָּעוּin the wilderness,בַמִּדְבָּרin the desert;בִּישִׁימוֹןa wayדָּרֶךְto a cityעִירto dwell inמוֹשָׁבthey did notלֹאfind.מָצָאוּ
Psalms 107:4
Study it in the app“They wandered in the wilderness, in the desert; a way to a city to dwell in they did not find.”
The redeemed tell how God brought them out of the desert and satisfied their hungerJoy and thanks
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 107:4, word by word
- They wanderedתָּעוּtau
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “tau” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- in the desertישִׁימוֹןyshimon
wasteland
Wasteland, desolation: desert land with no inhabitants.
Where else “yshimon” appears- a wayדָּרֶךְdarech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appears- to a cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- to dwell inמוֹשָׁבmoshav
dwelling
A place where someone settles to live, whether a house, a city or a camp.
Where else “moshav” appears- findמָצָאוּmatsau
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsau” appears
The context
3and gathered them from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.
4 · This verse (above)
5Hungry and also thirsty, their soul within them grew faint.