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Howמַהpreciousיָּקָרis your loyal love,חַסְדְּךָElohim!אֱלֹהִיםAnd human beingsוּבְנֵי אָדָםin the shadowבְּצֵלof your wingsכְּנָפֶיךָtake refuge.יֶחֱסָיוּן
Psalms 36:7
Study it in the app“How precious is your loyal love, Elohim! And human beings in the shadow of your wings take refuge.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 36:7, word by word
- preciousיָּקָרyakar
precious
Of great value.
Where else “yakar” appears- is your loyal loveחַסְדְּchasd
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasd” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- And human beingsבְנֵיvene
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “vene” appears- And human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- in the shadowצֵלtsel
shade
Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".
Where else “tsel” appears- of your wingsכְּנָפֶיkenafe
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “kenafe” appears- take refugeיֶחֱסָיוּyechesayu
take refuge
Take refuge: seek shelter in someone.
Where else “yechesayu” appears
The context
6Your righteousness is like the mountains of El; your judgments are a great deep; human beings and livestock you save, YHWH.
7 · This verse (above)
8They drink their fill of the fatness of your house, and from the stream of your delights you give them drink.