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Let them beיִהְיוּlike chaffכְּמֹץbefore the wind,לִפְנֵי רוּחַand the angelוּמַלְאַךְof YHWHיְהוָהpushing them away.דּוֹחֶה
Psalms 35:5
Study it in the app“Let them be like chaff before the wind, and the angel of YHWH pushing them away.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 35:5, word by word
- Let them beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- like chaffמֹץmots
chaff
Chaff: the husk of grain, which the wind carries away at winnowing.
Where else “mots” appears- before the windפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- before the windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- and the angelמַלְאַךְmalach
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appears- of 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- pushing them awayדּוֹחֶהdoche
push down
To thrust someone down hard, so that he falls and cannot rise.
Where else “doche” appears
The context
4Let them be ashamed and humiliated, those who seek my soul; let them turn back and be abashed, those who plot my harm.
5 · This verse (above)
6May their way be darkness and slippery places, and the angel of YHWH pursuing them.