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Forכִּיstrangersזָרִיםhave risen upקָמוּagainst me,עָלַיand tyrantsוְעָרִיצִיםseekבִּקְשׁוּmy soul;נַפְשִׁיthey have notלֹאsetשָׂמוּElohimאֱלֹהִיםbefore them.לְנֶגְדָּםSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 54:3
Study it in the app“For strangers have risen up against me, and tyrants seek my soul; they have not set Elohim before them. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 54:3, word by word
- strangersזָרִיםzarim
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zarim” appears- have risen upקָמוּkamu
rise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “kamu” appears- and tyrantsעָרִיצִיםaritsim
ruthless, tyrant
A ruthless man, a powerful one who strikes terror; violent.
Where else “aritsim” appears- seekבִּקְשׁוּbikshu
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “bikshu” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears- setשָׂמוּsamu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samu” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- before themנֶגְדָּnegda
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “negda” 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
2Elohim, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 · This verse (above)
4Look, Elohim is my helper; Adonai is among those who sustain my soul.