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Look,הִנֵּהhe will notלֹאslumberיָנוּםand will notוְלֹאsleep,יִישָׁןthe one who keepsשׁוֹמֵרIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Psalms 121:4
Study it in the app“Look, he will not slumber and will not sleep, the one who keeps Israel.”
A pilgrim song: the one who keeps you does not slumberProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 121:4, word by word
- slumberיָנוּםyanum
slumber
To slumber, to doze off from weariness.
Where else “yanum” appears- sleepיִישָׁןyishan
sleep
To fall asleep, or sleep the sleep of death.
Where else “yishan” appears- the one who keepsשׁוֹמֵרshomer
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomer” appears- 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
The context
3May he not let your foot be moved; may he not slumber, the one who keeps you.
4 · This verse (above)
5YHWH is the one who keeps you; YHWH is your shade at your right hand.