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My Elohim,אֱלֹהַיwithin meעָלַיmy soulנַפְשִׁיis cast down;תִשְׁתּוֹחָחthereforeעַל כֵּןI remember youאֶזְכָּרְךָfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof the Jordanיַרְדֵּןand of the Hermons,וְחֶרְמוֹנִיםfrom MountמֵהַרMizar.מִצְעָר
Psalms 42:6
Study it in the app“My Elohim, within me my soul is cast down; therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan and of the Hermons, from Mount Mizar.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 42:6, word by word
- My Elohimאֱלֹהַeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- is cast downתִשְׁתּוֹחָחtishtochach
be brought low
To be brought low: the proud are humbled and the grieving feel crushed.
Where else “tishtochach” appears- I remember youאֶזְכָּרְezkar
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “ezkar” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the Jordanיַרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- and of the Hermonsחֶרְמוֹנִיםchermonim
the Hermons
"The Hermons": a plural form of the name of Mount Hermon; it refers to its several peaks, at the far north of the land of Israel.
Where else “chermonim” appears- from Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Mizarמִצְעָרmitsar
Mizar
Mizar: the name of a mountain, meaning "small". It appears only once and it is not known for certain which it was; it was in the region of Hermon.
Where else “mitsar” appears
Translation note
“The Hermons”: the peaks of Mount Hermon, at the far north, where the Jordan rises; that is, far from Jerusalem and the temple. “Mizar” means “small”; it is not known which mountain it was.
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
5Why are you cast down, my soul, and agitated within me? Await Elohim, for I will yet give him thanks, the salvations of his face.
6 · This verse (above)
7Deep calls to deep at the voice of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves over me have passed.