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May the mountainsהָרִיםbringיִשְׂאוּpeaceשָׁלוֹםto the people,לָעָםand the hills,וּגְבָעוֹתin righteousness.בִּצְדָקָה
Psalms 72:3
Study it in the app“May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills, in righteousness.”
A psalm asks for a king who will do justice for the poor and bring peaceThe Kingdom of God
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 72:3, word by word
- May the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- bringיִשְׂאוּyisu
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “yisu” appears- peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- to the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and the hillsגְבָעוֹתgevaot
hill
Hill.
Where else “gevaot” appears- in righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appears
The context
2May he judge your people with righteousness, and your afflicted with justice.
3 · This verse (above)
4May he judge the afflicted of the people, save the sons of the needy, and crush the oppressor.