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Forכִּיyou will make themתְּשִׁיתֵמוֹturn their backs;שֶׁכֶםwith your cordsבְּמֵיתָרֶיךָyou will aimתְּכוֹנֵןat their faces.עַל פְּנֵיהֶם
Psalms 21:12
Study it in the app“For you will make them turn their backs; with your cords you will aim at their faces.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 21:12, word by word
- you will make themתְּשִׁיתֵteshite
make
To turn someone into something.
Where else “teshite” appears- turn their backsשֶׁכֶםshechem
shoulder
The part of the body by the neck where a load is carried.
Where else “shechem” appears- with your cordsמֵיתָרֶיmetare
bowstring
The string of a bow, drawn back to shoot the arrow.
Where else “metare” appears- you will aimתְּכוֹנֵןtechonen
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “techonen” appears- at their facesפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears
Translation note
“You will make them turn their backs”: literally “you will make them shoulder,” that is, you will make them turn around and flee. “Your cords”: those of the bow.
The context
11For they stretched out evil against you; they devised a plan; they will not prevail.
12 · This verse (above)
13Be exalted, YHWH, in your strength; we will sing and sing psalms to your might.