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ButאַךְElohimאֱלֹהִיםwill ransomיִפְדֶּהmy soulנַפְשִׁיfrom the handמִיַּדof Sheol,שְׁאוֹלforכִּיhe will take me.יִקָּחֵנִיSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 49:15
Study it in the app“But Elohim will ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, for he will take me. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 49:15, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- will ransomיִפְדֶּהyifde
redeem
To set someone free from slavery or danger, as God did with Israel.
Where else “yifde” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears- from the handיַּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- he will take meיִקָּחֵyikache
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikache” 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
Translation note
“He will take me”: the same verb that is used of Enoch (“Elohim took him,” Genesis 5:24).
The context
14Like sheep for Sheol they are put; death shepherds them; and the upright will rule over them in the morning; and their form is for Sheol to consume, far from its dwelling.
15 · This verse (above)
16Do not fear when a man grows rich, when the glory of his house increases;