YHWH,יְהוָהyou brought upהֶעֱלִיתָfrom Sheolמִן שְׁאוֹלmy soul;נַפְשִׁיyou kept me aliveחִיִּיתַנִיfrom going downמִיָּרְדִיto the pit.בוֹר
Psalms 30:3
Study it in the app“YHWH, you brought up from Sheol my soul; you kept me alive from going down to the pit.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 30:3, word by word
- 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- you brought upהֶעֱלִיתָheelita
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heelita” appears- from Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears- you kept me aliveחִיִּיתַchiyita
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “chiyita” appears- from going downיָּרְדִyardi
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yardi” appears- to the pitבוֹרvor
grave
The place where the dead go down; the grave.
Where else “vor” appears
The context
2YHWH my Elohim, I cried for help to you, and you healed me.
3 · This verse (above)
4Sing psalms to YHWH, you his faithful ones, and give thanks to the remembrance of his holiness.