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Manyרַבִּיםare sayingאֹמְרִיםof my soul,לְנַפְשִׁי“There is noאֵיןsalvationיְשׁוּעָתָהfor himלּוֹin Elohim.”בֵאלֹהִיםSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 3:2
Study it in the app“Many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in Elohim.” Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 3:2, word by word
- Manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- are sayingאֹמְרִיםomrim
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omrim” appears- of my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears- salvationיְשׁוּעָתָyeshuata
salvation
Salvation: the help with which God delivers from danger; also victory. The name "Jesus" (Yeshua) comes from the same root.
Where else “yeshuata” appears- in Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” 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
“Selah”: a Hebrew word left as it is. It appears at the end of some stanzas of the psalms; it is probably an indication for the music or a pause. Its exact sense is unknown.
The context
1A psalm of David, when he fled from before Absalom his son. YHWH, how many are my adversaries; many are rising against me.
2 · This verse (above)
3But you, YHWH, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts my head.