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Forכִּיyou areאַתָּהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof my stronghold;מָעוּזִּיwhyלָמָהhave you rejected me?זְנַחְתָּנִיWhyלָמָּהdo I go aboutאֶתְהַלֵּךְin mourningקֹדֵרbecause of the oppressionבְּלַחַץof the enemy?אוֹיֵב
Psalms 43:2
Study it in the app“For you are the Elohim of my stronghold; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about in mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 43:2, word by word
- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of my strongholdמָעוּזִּmauzi
bulwark
YHWH, the safe place of his people.
Where else “mauzi” appears- have you rejected meזְנַחְתָּzenachta
reject
To cast someone away, no longer wanting him near.
Where else “zenachta” appears- do I go aboutאֶתְהַלֵּךְethalech
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “ethalech” 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
1Judge me, Elohim, and contend for my case against a nation not faithful; from the man of deceit and injustice bring me to safety.
2 · This verse (above)
3Send your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain and to your dwellings.