Psalms 118:10

With the Hebrew beneath

Psalms 118:10, word by word

nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears

surrounded meסְבָבוּsevavu

surround

To enclose someone or something on every side.

Where else “sevavu” appears

in the nameשֵׁםshem

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

Where else “shem” appears

of 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

cut them offאֲמִילַamila

cut down

To strike down and destroy an enemy, cutting him as a branch is cut.

Where else “amila” appears

Translation note

“I cut them off”: the Hebrew verb is the same as “circumcise”; here it means to cut them down, to bring them down.

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