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Like a dreamכַּחֲלוֹםon waking,מֵהָקִיץAdonai,אֲדֹנָיwhen you rouse yourselfבָּעִירyou will despiseתִּבְזֶהtheir image.צַלְמָם
Psalms 73:20
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With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 73:20, word by word
- Like a dreamחֲלוֹםchalom
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalom” appears- on wakingהָקִיץhakits
awake
To awake, to wake up from sleep.
Where else “hakits” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- when you rouse yourselfעִירir
awake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “ir” appears- you will despiseתִּבְזֶהtivze
despise
Despise, think little of.
Where else “tivze” appears- their imageצַלְמָtsalma
shadow
A shadow without substance.
Where else “tsalma” appears
Translation note
“Their image”: their figure, which vanishes like what one sees in a dream.
The context
19How they have become a desolation in a moment! They have come to an end, they have been consumed by horrors.
20 · This verse (above)
21When my heart grew sour and in my kidneys I felt pangs,