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Thoughאִםa campמַחֲנֶהencampתַּחֲנֶהagainst me,עָלַיmy heartלִבִּיwill notלֹאfear;יִירָאthoughאִםwarמִלְחָמָהriseתָּקוּםagainst me,עָלַיin thisבְּזֹאתIאֲנִיtrust.בוֹטֵחַ
Psalms 27:3
Study it in the app“Though a camp encamp against me, my heart will not fear; though war rise against me, in this I trust.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 27:3, word by word
- a campמַחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- encampתַּחֲנֶהtachane
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “tachane” appears- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- fearיִירָאyira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “yira” appears- warמִלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- riseתָּקוּםtakum
rise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “takum” appears- trustבוֹטֵחַvoteach
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “voteach” appears
The context
2When evildoers drew near against me to eat my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies —they stumbled and fell.
3 · This verse (above)
4One thing I have asked of YHWH, that I will seek: to dwell in the house of YHWH all the days of my life, to look upon the sweetness of YHWH and to inquire in his temple.