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thoughכִּיyou have crushed usדִכִּיתָנוּin the placeבִּמְקוֹםof jackalsתַּנִּיםand covered usוַתְּכַס עָלֵינוּwith the shadow of death.בְצַלְמָוֶת
Psalms 44:19
Study it in the app“though you have crushed us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 44:19, word by word
- you have crushed usדִכִּיתָdikita
be crushed
Be ground down, shattered.
Where else “dikita” appears- in the placeמְקוֹםmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- of jackalsתַּנִּיםtanim
jackal
A wild dog that lives among ruins.
Where else “tanim” appears- and covered usתְּכַסtechas
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “techas” appears- with the shadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתtsalmavet
deep darkness
Deep darkness: the thickest gloom. The word joins "shadow" and "death"; it is used for extreme danger, for the densest darkness and for the place of the dead.
Where else “tsalmavet” appears
Translation note
“The place of jackals”: a ruined place without people, where only desert animals live.
The context
18Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps strayed from your path,
19 · This verse (above)
20If we had forgotten the name of our Elohim and spread out our palms to a strange god,