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By dayיוֹמָםthe sunהַשֶּׁמֶשׁwill notלֹאstrike you,יַכֶּכָּהnorוְthe moonיָרֵחַby night.בַּלָּיְלָה
Psalms 121:6
Study it in the app“By day the sun will not strike you, nor the moon by night.”
A pilgrim song: the one who keeps you does not slumberProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 121:6, word by word
- By dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- strike youיַכֶּyake
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “yake” appears- the moonיָרֵחַyareach
moon
Moon.
Where else “yareach” appears- by nightלָּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears
The context
5YHWH is the one who keeps you; YHWH is your shade at your right hand.
6 · This verse (above)
7YHWH will keep you from all evil; he will keep your soul.