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Do notאַלbeתִּהְיוּlike a horse,כְּסוּסlike a mule,כְּפֶרֶדwithout understanding,אֵין הָבִיןwith bitבְּמֶתֶגand bridleוָרֶסֶןits trappingsעֶדְיוֹto restrain it;לִבְלוֹםit does notבַּלcome nearקְרֹבto you.אֵלֶיךָ
Psalms 32:9
Study it in the app“Do not be like a horse, like a mule, without understanding, with bit and bridle its trappings to restrain it; it does not come near to you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 32:9, word by word
- beתִּהְיוּtihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihyu” appears- like a horseסוּסsus
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “sus” appears- like a muleפֶרֶדfered
mule
Mule: a riding animal of princes in the time of David.
Where else “fered” appears- without understandingהָבִיןhavin
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “havin” appears- with bitמֶתֶגmeteg
bridle, bit
Bridle: the piece put in a horse's mouth to guide it (Psalm 32:9; Proverbs 26:3). In 2 Kings 19:28 YHWH says he will put it in the lips of the king of Assyria to turn him back.
Where else “meteg” appears- and bridleרֶסֶןresen
bridle, halter
A bridle, a halter that holds an animal back.
Where else “resen” appears- its trappingsעֶדְיedy
ornaments
Ornaments, jewelry worn on the body.
Where else “edy” appears- to restrain itבְלוֹםvelom
restrain, curb
To hold in, to curb: to restrain an animal with the bridle. It appears only in Psalm 32.
Where else “velom” appears- it does notבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears- come nearקְרֹבkerov
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “kerov” appears
The context
8I will make you understand and teach you in the way that you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
9 · This verse (above)
10Many are the pains of the wicked, but the one who trusts in YHWH, loyal love surrounds him.