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SurelyאַךְElohimאֱלֹהִיםwill crushיִמְחַץthe headרֹאשׁof his enemies,אֹיְבָיוthe hairyשֵׂעָרcrownקָדְקֹדof the one who walksמִתְהַלֵּךְin his guilt.בַּאֲשָׁמָיו
Psalms 68:21
Study it in the app“Surely Elohim will crush the head of his enemies, the hairy crown of the one who walks in his guilt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 68:21, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- will crushיִמְחַץyimchats
shatter, crush
Shatter: strike hard until it breaks or is crushed.
Where else “yimchats” appears- the headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- of his enemiesאֹיְבָיoyvay
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyvay” appears- the hairyשֵׂעָרsear
hair
Hair, body hair.
Where else “sear” appears- crownקָדְקֹדkadkod
crown of the head
Crown of the head, the top of the head.
Where else “kadkod” appears- of the one who walksמִתְהַלֵּךְmithalech
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “mithalech” appears- in his guiltאֲשָׁמָיashamay
guilt
What one owes for a wrong done.
Where else “ashamay” appears
The context
20The El is for us an El of salvations, and to YHWH Adonai belong the ways out from death.
21 · This verse (above)
22Adonai said, “From Bashan I will bring them back, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,