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Ifאִםwe had forgottenשָׁכַחְנוּthe nameשֵׁםof our Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּand spread outוַנִּפְרֹשׂour palmsכַּפֵּינוּto a strangeלְ זָרgod,אֵל
Psalms 44:20
Study it in the app“If we had forgotten the name of our Elohim and spread out our palms to a strange god,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 44:20, word by word
- we had forgottenשָׁכַחְנוּshachachnu
forget
Forget.
Where else “shachachnu” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears- of our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- and spread outנִּפְרֹשׂnifros
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “nifros” appears- our palmsכַּפֵּיkape
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kape” appears- to a strangeזָרzar
foreign
Something alien, not belonging: other gods, unauthorized fire.
Where else “zar” appears- godאֵלel
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
Translation note
“To spread out the palms”: the gesture of one who prays.
The context
19though you have crushed us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 · This verse (above)
21would not Elohim search out this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.