Psalms 60:4

With the Hebrew beneath

Psalms 60:4, word by word

You have givenנָתַתָּהnatata

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “natata” appears

to those who fear youירֵאֶיyree

God-fearing

Who reveres God and so obeys him.

Where else “yree” appears

a bannerנֵּסnes

banner

A signal raised on a staff, for all to gather.

Where else “nes” appears

to be raisedהִתְנוֹסֵסhitnoses

General meaning: Flee.

Where else “hitnoses” appears

becauseפְּנֵיpene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “pene” appears

of the truthקֹשֶׁטkoshet

certainty

What is sure and reliable.

Where else “koshet” 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

A difficult phrase. The word translated “truth” (קֹשֶׁט) is rare; it is written almost the same as “bow” (קֶשֶׁת), and so it can be understood “to flee from before the bow.”

The context