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thenאֲזַיthe watersהַמַּיִםwould have swept us away,שְׁטָפוּנוּthe torrentנַחְלָהwould have passedעָבַרoverעַלour soul;נַפְשֵׁנוּ
Psalms 124:4
Study it in the app“then the waters would have swept us away, the torrent would have passed over our soul;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 124:4, word by word
- thenאֲזַיazay
then
Then, at that time. A rare form of the word "then".
Where else “azay” appears- the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- would have swept us awayשְׁטָפוּshetafu
overflow
To burst its banks and carry everything off.
Where else “shetafu” appears- the torrentנַחְלָnachla
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachla” appears- would have passedעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- our soulנַפְשֵׁnafshe
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appears
The context
3then alive they would have swallowed us when their anger burned against us;
4 · This verse (above)
5then there would have passed over our soul the raging waters.