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Come,לְכוּgaze onחֲזוּthe worksמִפְעֲלוֹתof YHWH,יְהוָהwhoאֲשֶׁרhas setשָׂםdesolationsשַׁמּוֹתin the earth.בָּאָרֶץ
Psalms 46:8
Study it in the app“Come, gaze on the works of YHWH, who has set desolations in the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 46:8, word by word
- Comeלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- gaze onחֲזוּchazu
gaze
To fix one's gaze on something or someone, behold it.
Where else “chazu” appears- the worksמִפְעֲלוֹתmifalot
deed, work
A work, a deed, an achievement; what someone has done. A poetic word from the same root as "to do".
Where else “mifalot” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- has setשָׂםsam
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appears- desolationsשַׁמּוֹתshamot
desolation
A destroyed land or city.
Where else “shamot” appears- in the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
7YHWH Tsevaot is with us; a high refuge for us is the Elohim of Jacob. Selah.
8 · This verse (above)
9He brings an end to wars to the edge of the earth; the bow he breaks and cuts in two the spear; the wagons he burns in the fire.