For the director.לַמְנַצֵּחַOf the sonsלִבְנֵיof Korah.קֹרַחA maskil.מַשְׂכִּילElohim,אֱלֹהִיםwith our earsבְּאָזְנֵינוּwe have heard;שָׁמַעְנוּour fathersאֲבוֹתֵינוּhave recounted to usסִפְּרוּ לָנוּthe workפֹּעַלyou workedפָּעַלְתָּin their days,בִימֵיהֶםin the daysבִּימֵיof old.קֶדֶם
Psalms 44:1
Study it in the app“For the director. Of the sons of Korah. A maskil. Elohim, with our ears we have heard; our fathers have recounted to us the work you worked in their days, in the days of old.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 44:1, word by word
- For the directorמְנַצֵּחַmenatseach
direct
To take charge of directing a work or the singing and music of the psalms.
Where else “menatseach” appears- Of the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Korahקֹרַחkorach
Korah
Korah, the name of a son of Esau and Oholibamah and of other Edomites and Israelites, among them the Levite who rebelled against Moses (Numbers 16).
Where else “korach” appears- A maskilמַשְׂכִּילmaskil
maskil
Maskil: a word in the title of thirteen psalms. It comes from "understand" and probably names a skillful or teaching poem. Its exact sense is not known.
Where else “maskil” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- with our earsאָזְנֵיazne
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azne” appears- we have heardשָׁמַעְנוּshamanu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamanu” appears- our fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- have recounted to usסִפְּרוּsipru
recount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “sipru” appears- the workפֹּעַלpoal
deed
What someone does; what God accomplishes.
Where else “poal” appears- you workedפָּעַלְתָּpaalta
do, make
Do, make, carry out.
Where else “paalta” appears- in their daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- of oldקֶדֶםkedem
of old
Times long ago, from far back.
Where else “kedem” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2You, with your hand, dispossessed nations, and planted them; you mistreated peoples, and spread them out.