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I will sayאוֹמְרָהto Elלְאֵלmy crag,סַלְעִי“Whyלָמָהhave you forgotten me?שְׁכַחְתָּנִיWhyלָמָּהdo I go aboutאֵלֵךְin mourningקֹדֵרbecause of the oppressionבְּלַחַץof the enemy?”אוֹיֵב
Psalms 42:9
Study it in the app“I will say to El my crag, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go about in mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 42:9, word by word
- I will sayאוֹמְרָהomra
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omra” appears- to Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- my cragסַלְעִsali
rock
YHWH, "my rock", a safe refuge.
Where else “sali” appears- have you forgotten meשְׁכַחְתָּshechachta
forget
Forget.
Where else “shechachta” appears- do I go aboutאֵלֵךְelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elech” appears- in mourningקֹדֵרkoder
mourn
To go about in grief, wearing sackcloth.
Where else “koder” appears- because of the oppressionלַחַץlachats
oppression
Oppression, harsh treatment.
Where else “lachats” appears- of the enemyאוֹיֵבoyev
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyev” appears
The context
8By day YHWH will command his loyal love, and in the night his song is with me, a prayer to the El of my life.
9 · This verse (above)
10With murder in my bones my adversaries reproach me, when they say to me all the day, “Where is your Elohim?”