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You,אַתָּהwith your hand,יָדְךָdispossessedהוֹרַשְׁתָּnations,גּוֹיִםand planted them;וַתִּטָּעֵםyou mistreatedתָּרַעpeoples,לְאֻמִּיםand spread them out.וַתְּשַׁלְּחֵם
Psalms 44:2
Study it in the app“You, with your hand, dispossessed nations, and planted them; you mistreated peoples, and spread them out.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 44:2, word by word
- with your handיָדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- dispossessedהוֹרַשְׁתָּhorashta
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “horashta” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- and planted themתִּטָּעֵtitae
plant
Plant; set firmly.
Where else “titae” appears- you mistreatedתָּרַעtara
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “tara” appears- peoplesלְאֻמִּיםleumim
people, nation
People, nation.
Where else “leumim” appears- and spread them outתְּשַׁלְּחֵteshalche
stretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “teshalche” appears
Translation note
“Them”: our fathers, planted in the land like a vine that spreads out its branches. The last phrase can also be read “and those you drove out,” referring to the peoples expelled; the Hebrew allows both.
The context
1For 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3For not by their sword did they possess the land, and their arm did not save them, but your right hand and your arm and the light of your face, for you took pleasure in them.