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May he rememberיִזְכֹּרallכָּלyour offerings,מִנְחֹתֶךָand acceptוְ יְדַשְּׁנֶהyour burnt offering.עוֹלָתְךָSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 20:3
Study it in the app“May he remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt offering. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 20:3, word by word
- May he rememberיִזְכֹּרyizkor
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “yizkor” appears- your offeringsמִנְחֹתֶminchote
offering
An offering to God.
Where else “minchote” appears- and acceptיְדַשְּׁנֶyedashne
accept
To receive a sacrifice with favor, count it good.
Where else “yedashne” appears- your burnt offeringעוֹלָתְolat
burnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “olat” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
Translation note
“Accept”: literally “find it fat,” that is, hold it to be a sacrifice of the best.
The context
2May he send your help from the holy place, and from Zion may he sustain you.
3 · This verse (above)
4May he give you according to your heart, and fulfill all your counsel.