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May he notאַלletיִתֵּןyour footרַגְלֶךָbe moved;לַמּוֹטmay he notאַלslumber,יָנוּםthe one who keeps you.שֹׁמְרֶךָ
Psalms 121:3
Study it in the app“May he not let your foot be moved; may he not slumber, the one who keeps you.”
A pilgrim song: the one who keeps you does not slumberProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 121:3, word by word
- letיִתֵּןyiten
let
To let something happen.
Where else “yiten” appears- your footרַגְלֶragle
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appears- be movedמּוֹטmot
slip
Tottering: "let your foot slip".
Where else “mot” appears- slumberיָנוּםyanum
slumber
To slumber, to doze off from weariness.
Where else “yanum” appears- the one who keeps youשֹׁמְרֶshomre
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomre” appears
The context
2My help comes from YHWH, who made heaven and earth.
3 · This verse (above)
4Look, he will not slumber and will not sleep, the one who keeps Israel.