Psalms 59:13

“Make an end in fury, make an end, so that they are no more; and let them know that Elohim rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah.”

Psalms 59:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 59:13, word by word

Make an endכַּלֵּהkale

destroy

To put an end to something, destroy it.

Where else “kale” appears
in furyחֵמָהchema

fury

Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.

Where else “chema” appears
and let them knowיֵדְעוּyedu

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “yedu” appears
Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohim” appears
rulesמֹשֵׁלmoshel

rule

To hold sway over something or someone.

Where else “moshel” appears
in Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

Where else “yaakov” appears
to the endsאַפְסֵיafse

end

The limit: "the far reaches of the earth".

Where else “afse” appears
of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” 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

12The sin of their mouth is the word of their lips; let them be caught in their pride, and for the imprecation and the lying that they recount.

13 · This verse (above)

14And they return at evening, they howl like the dog, and go around the city.

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