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Whyלָמָּהshould the nationsהַגּוֹיִםsay,יֹאמְרוּ“Whereאַיֵּהnowנָאis their Elohim?”אֱלֹהֵיהֶם
Psalms 115:2
Study it in the app“Why should the nations say, “Where now is their Elohim?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 115:2, word by word
- should the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- is their Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
1Not to us, YHWH, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loyal love, for your truth.
2 · This verse (above)
3But our Elohim is in the heavens; all that he pleases he does.