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Let them be blotted outיִמָּחוּfrom the bookמִסֵּפֶרof the living,חַיִּיםand withוְעִםthe righteousצַדִּיקִיםlet them notאַלbe written.יִכָּתֵבוּ
Psalms 69:28
Study it in the app“Let them be blotted out from the book of the living, and with the righteous let them not be written.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 69:28, word by word
- Let them be blotted outיִמָּחוּyimachu
blot out
To erase completely, or destroy someone.
Where else “yimachu” appears- from the bookסֵּפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears- of the livingחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears- the righteousצַדִּיקִיםtsadikim
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appears- be writtenיִכָּתֵבוּyikatevu
record
To enter someone's name in a record.
Where else “yikatevu” appears
Translation note
“The book of the living”: it can be understood as the list of those who live before Elohim; it can also be translated “the book of life.”
The context
27Put iniquity upon their iniquity, and let them not come into your righteousness.
28 · This verse (above)
29But I am afflicted and in pain; let your salvation, Elohim, set me on high.