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The rodמַטֵּהof your strengthעֻזְּךָYHWHיְהוָהwill sendיִשְׁלַחfrom Zion:מִצִּיּוֹןruleרְדֵהin the midstבְּקֶרֶבof your enemies.אֹיְבֶיךָ
Psalms 110:2
Study it in the app“The rod of your strength YHWH will send from Zion: rule in the midst of your enemies.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 110:2, word by word
- The rodמַטֵּהmate
staff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “mate” appears- of your strengthעֻזְּuz
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “uz” 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- will sendיִשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- from Zionצִּיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- ruleרְדֵהrede
rule
To hold sway, govern.
Where else “rede” appears- in the midstקֶרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- of your enemiesאֹיְבֶיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
1Of David. A psalm. YHWH declares to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”
2 · This verse (above)
3Your people are freewill offerings in the day of your power, in splendors of holiness; from the womb of the dawn, to you belongs the dew of your youth.