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He declaresמַגִּידhis wordsדְּבָרָיוto Jacob,לְיַעֲקֹבhis statutesחֻקָּיוand his rulesוּמִשְׁפָּטָיוto Israel.לְיִשְׂרָאֵל
Psalms 147:19
Study it in the app“He declares his words to Jacob, his statutes and his rules to Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 147:19, word by word
- He declaresמַגִּידmagid
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “magid” appears- his wordsדְּבָרָיdevaray
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devaray” appears- to 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- his statutesחֻקָּיchukay
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukay” appears- and his rulesמִשְׁפָּטָיmishpatay
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpatay” appears- to 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
The context
18He sends his word and melts them; he makes his wind blow; the waters stream.
19 · This verse (above)
20He has not done so for any nation, and his rules they have not known. Praise Yah.