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Blessed beבָּרוּךְYHWH,יְהוָהwho has notשֶׁלֹּאgiven usנְתָנָנוּas preyטֶרֶףto their teeth.לְשִׁנֵּיהֶם
Psalms 124:6
Study it in the app“Blessed be YHWH, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 124:6, word by word
- Blessed beבָּרוּךְbaruch
praise
To praise God: "blessed be YHWH".
Where else “baruch” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- given usנְתָנָnetana
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “netana” appears- as preyטֶרֶףteref
prey
What the beast hunts and devours.
Where else “teref” appears- to their teethשִׁנֵּיshine
tooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shine” appears
The context
5then there would have passed over our soul the raging waters.
6 · This verse (above)
7Our soul like a bird has escaped from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.