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With an eastקָדִיםwindבְּרוּחַyou breakתְּשַׁבֵּרthe shipsאֳנִיּוֹתof Tarshish.תַּרְשִׁישׁ
Psalms 48:7
Study it in the app“With an east wind you break the ships of Tarshish.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 48:7, word by word
- With an eastקָדִיםkadim
east
The direction where the sun rises.
Where else “kadim” appears- windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- you breakתְּשַׁבֵּרteshaber
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “teshaber” appears- the shipsאֳנִיּוֹתoniyot
ship
Ship.
Where else “oniyot” appears- of Tarshishתַּרְשִׁישׁtarshish
Tarshish
Tarshish, a son of Javan; also a distant place on the Mediterranean, famous for its ships. Also the name of two men.
Where else “tarshish” appears
Translation note
“Ships of Tarshish”: the largest ships of that time, made for long voyages.
The context
6Trembling seized them there, pangs like those of a woman giving birth.
7 · This verse (above)
8As we had heard, so we have seen in the city of YHWH Tsevaot, in the city of our Elohim; Elohim will make it firm forever. Selah.