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ForכִּיYahיָהּhas chosenבָּחַרJacobיַעֲקֹבfor himself,לוֹIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלas his special treasure.לִסְגֻלָּתוֹ
Psalms 135:4
Study it in the app“For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his special treasure.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 135:4, word by word
- Yahיָהּyah
Yah
Yah: the short form of the name YHWH. It is the form found in "Hallelujah" ("praise Yah").
Where else “yah” appears- has chosenבָּחַרbachar
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “bachar” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” 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- as his special treasureסְגֻלָּתsegulat
special treasure
Special treasure: what someone keeps apart as his most valued possession.
Where else “segulat” appears
The context
3Praise Yah, for YHWH is good; sing psalms to his name, for it is pleasant.
4 · This verse (above)
5For I know that YHWH is great, and our Lord is above all gods.