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In Elohimבֵּאלֹהִיםwe have boastedהִלַּלְנוּallכָלthe day,הַיּוֹםand to your nameוְשִׁמְךָforeverלְעוֹלָםwe will give thanks.נוֹדֶהSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 44:8
Study it in the app“In Elohim we have boasted all the day, and to your name forever we will give thanks. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 44:8, word by word
- In Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- we have boastedהִלַּלְנוּhilalnu
boast
To speak proudly of oneself or what one has, to make oneself important.
Where else “hilalnu” appears- the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- and to your nameשִׁמְshim
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shim” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- we will give thanksנוֹדֶהnode
give thanks
To thank YHWH and praise him aloud for what he did.
Where else “node” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
The context
7But you have saved us from our adversaries, and those who hate us you have put to shame.
8 · This verse (above)
9But you have rejected us and humiliated us, and you do not go out with our armies.