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Elאֵלalsoגַּםwill tear you downיִתָּצְךָforever;לָנֶצַחhe will seize youיַחְתְּךָand tear you awayוְיִסָּחֲךָfrom your tent,מֵאֹהֶלand uproot youוְשֵׁרֶשְׁךָfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof the living.חַיִּיםSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 52:5
Study it in the app“El also will tear you down forever; he will seize you and tear you away from your tent, and uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 52:5, word by word
- Elאֵלel
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- will tear you downיִתָּצְyitats
tear down
Tear down, pull down, break down.
Where else “yitats” appears- foreverנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears- he will seize youיַחְתְּyacht
seize; take up (coals)
To take hold of, to seize; said above all of taking up coals from the fire.
Where else “yacht” appears- and tear you awayיִסָּחֲyisaach
tear away, uproot
Tear away, pull out by the roots.
Where else “yisaach” appears- from your tentאֹהֶלohel
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohel” appears- and uproot youשֵׁרֶשְׁsheresh
uproot
To pull a plant out with all its roots.
Where else “sheresh” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the livingחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” 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
4You love all words that devour, you tongue of deceit!
5 · This verse (above)
6And the righteous will see and fear, and at him they will laugh: