Psalms 118:14

“My strength and my song is Yah, and he has become my salvation.”

Psalms 118:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 118:14, word by word

My strengthעָזִּazi

strength

Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.

Where else “azi” appears
and my songזִמְרָתzimrat

song

Song of praise, melody.

Where else “zimrat” appears
is Yahיָהּyah

Yah

Yah: the short form of the name YHWH. It is the form found in "Hallelujah" ("praise Yah").

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and he has becomeיְהִיyehi

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

Where else “yehi” appears
my salvationישׁוּעָהyshua

salvation

Salvation: the help with which God delivers from danger; also victory. The name "Jesus" (Yeshua) comes from the same root.

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Translation note

These are the same words as the song of Moses in Exodus 15:2.

The context

13You pushed me hard so that I would fall, but YHWH helped me.

14 · This verse (above)

15The sound of shouts of joy and of salvation is in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of YHWH does valiantly;

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