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When Israelבְּ יִשְׂרָאֵלwent outצֵאתfrom Egypt,מִמִּצְרָיִםthe houseבֵּיתof Jacobיַעֲקֹבfrom a peopleמֵעַםof strange speech,לֹעֵז
Psalms 114:1
Study it in the app“When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech,”
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Psalms 114:1, word by word
- When Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- went outצֵאתtset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- from a peopleעַםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- of strange speechלֹעֵזloez
speak a foreign tongue
To speak in a foreign language that is not understood. In Psalm 114:1, Egypt is "a people of strange speech".
Where else “loez” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.