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Fatherאֲבִיof orphansיְתוֹמִיםand judgeוְדַיַּןof widowsאַלְמָנוֹתis Elohimאֱלֹהִיםin his holyקָדְשׁdwelling.בִּמְעוֹן וֹ
Psalms 68:5
Study it in the app“Father of orphans and judge of widows is Elohim in his holy dwelling.”
God is father to orphans and makes the solitary dwell in a homeLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 68:5, word by word
- Fatherאֲבִיavi
Father
God, Father of his people.
Where else “avi” appears- of orphansיְתוֹמִיםyetomim
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yetomim” appears- and judgeדַיַּןdayan
judge
Judge: one who decides a case and defends the one who is in the right.
Where else “dayan” appears- of widowsאַלְמָנוֹתalmanot
widow
Widow.
Where else “almanot” appears- is Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- in his holyקָדְשׁkadsh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadsh” appears- dwellingמְעוֹןmeon
dwelling, lair
Dwelling: the place where someone lives; often the heavens or the sanctuary where God dwells; also the lair of jackals.
Where else “meon” appears
The context
4Sing to Elohim, sing psalms to his name; level the way for him who rides through the steppes; Yah is his name, and leap for joy before him.
5 · This verse (above)
6Elohim makes the solitary dwell in a home; he brings out prisoners into prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.