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Let the iniquityעֲוֺןof his fathersאֲבֹתָיוbe rememberedיִזָּכֵרbeforeאֶלYHWH,יְהוָהand the sinוְחַטַּאתof his motherאִמּוֹnotאַלbe blotted out.תִּמָּח
Psalms 109:14
Study it in the app“Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before YHWH, and the sin of his mother not be blotted out.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 109:14, word by word
- Let the iniquityעֲוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- of his fathersאֲבֹתָיavotay
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avotay” appears- be rememberedיִזָּכֵרyizacher
mention
To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.
Where else “yizacher” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- and the sinחַטַּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- of his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- be blotted outתִּמָּחtimach
blot out
To erase completely, or destroy someone.
Where else “timach” appears
The context
13Let his posterity be for cutting off; in another generation let their name be blotted out.
14 · This verse (above)
15Let them be before YHWH continually, and may he cut off from the earth their memory,