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Forכִּיthey do notלֹאunderstandיָבִינוּthe worksאֶל פְּעֻלֹּתof YHWHיְהוָהnor the workוְאֶל מַעֲשֵׂהof his hands;יָדָיוhe will tear them downיֶהֶרְסֵםand notוְלֹאbuild them up.יִבְנֵם
Psalms 28:5
Study it in the app“For they do not understand the works of YHWH nor the work of his hands; he will tear them down and not build them up.”
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Psalms 28:5, word by word
- understandיָבִינוּyavinu
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “yavinu” appears- the worksפְּעֻלֹּתpeulot
work
What someone does; what YHWH does.
Where else “peulot” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- nor the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of his handsיָדָיyaday
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appears- he will tear them downיֶהֶרְסֵyeherse
tear down; break through
Tear down, throw down; also break through by force.
Where else “yeherse” appears- build them upיִבְנֵyivne
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yivne” appears
The context
4Give them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; according to the work of their hands give them; return their recompense to them.
5 · This verse (above)
6Blessed be YHWH, for he has heard the voice of my supplications.