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May their way beיְהִי דַרְכָּםdarknessחֹשֶׁךְand slippery places,וַחֲלַקְלַקּוֹתand the angelוּמַלְאַךְof YHWHיְהוָהpursuing them.רֹדְפָם
Psalms 35:6
Study it in the app“May their way be darkness and slippery places, and the angel of YHWH pursuing them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 35:6, word by word
- May their way beיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- May their way beדַרְכָּdarka
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darka” appears- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- and slippery placesחֲלַקְלַקּוֹתchalaklakot
slippery place
Ground where the foot cannot hold.
Where else “chalaklakot” 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- pursuing themרֹדְפָrodfa
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “rodfa” appears
The context
5Let them be like chaff before the wind, and the angel of YHWH pushing them away.
6 · This verse (above)
7For without cause they hid for me the pit of their net; without cause they dug it for my soul.