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May they beיִהְיוּlike grassכַּחֲצִירon the rooftops,גַּגּוֹתwhich beforeשֶׁקַּדְמַתit is pulled upשָׁלַףwithers,יָבֵשׁ
Psalms 129:6
Study it in the app“May they be like grass on the rooftops, which before it is pulled up withers,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 129:6, word by word
- May they beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- like grassחֲצִירchatsir
grass
Grass that soon withers.
Where else “chatsir” appears- on the rooftopsגַּגּוֹתgagot
roof, top
Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.
Where else “gagot” appears- which beforeקַּדְמַתkadmat
former state
Before, first in time; also the former state of something.
Where else “kadmat” appears- it is pulled upשָׁלַףshalaf
draw out
Draw out, pull out: take the sword out of its sheath; also pull off or pull up.
Where else “shalaf” appears- withersיָבֵשׁyavesh
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “yavesh” appears
The context
5May they be put to shame and turned back, all who hate Zion.
6 · This verse (above)
7with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor the one who binds sheaves his lap;