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With my voiceקוֹלִיtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהI call,אֶקְרָאand he answers meוַיַּעֲנֵנִיfromמֵhis holyקָדְשׁוֹmountain.הַרSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 3:4
Study it in the app“With my voice to YHWH I call, and he answers me from his holy mountain. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 3:4, word by word
- With my voiceקוֹלִkoli
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “koli” appears- 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- I callאֶקְרָאekra
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “ekra” appears- and he answers meיַּעֲנֵyaane
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaane” appears- his holyקָדְשׁkadsh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadsh” appears- mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” 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
The context
3But you, YHWH, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts my head.
4 · This verse (above)
5I lay down and slept; I awoke, for YHWH sustains me.