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May he come downיֵרֵדlike rainכְּמָטָרonעַלthe mown field,גֵּזlike downpoursכִּרְבִיבִיםthat waterזַרְזִיףthe earth.אָרֶץ
Psalms 72:6
Study it in the app“May he come down like rain on the mown field, like downpours that water the earth.”
A psalm asks for a king who will do justice for the poor and bring peaceThe Kingdom of God
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 72:6, word by word
- May he come downיֵרֵדyered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appears- like rainמָטָרmatar
rain
Rain.
Where else “matar” appears- the mown fieldגֵּזgez
mown grass
Cutting of grass; freshly cut field.
Where else “gez” appears- like downpoursרְבִיבִיםrevivim
heavy showers
Heavy showers, abundant rain.
Where else “revivim” appears- that waterזַרְזִיףzarzif
showers
Watering, rain that soaks the earth. It appears only once in the Bible.
Where else “zarzif” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
5They will fear you as long as there is sun, and before the moon, generation after generation.
6 · This verse (above)
7May the righteous flourish in his days, and abundance of peace until there is no moon.