Psalms 30:3

“YHWH, you brought up from Sheol my soul; you kept me alive from going down to the pit.”

Psalms 30:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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