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Whyלָמָּהdo you draw backתָשִׁיבyour hand,יָדְךָeven your right hand?וִימִינֶךָFrom the midstמִקֶּרֶבof your bosom,חֵיקְךָmake an end!כַלֵּה
Psalms 74:11
Study it in the app“Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? From the midst of your bosom, make an end!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 74:11, word by word
- do you draw backתָשִׁיבtashiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “tashiv” appears- your handיָדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- even your right handימִינֶymine
right hand
The hand on the side of strength and honor.
Where else “ymine” appears- From the midstקֶּרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- of your bosomחֵיקְchek
bosom
The chest and arms, where one holds someone close.
Where else “chek” appears- make an endכַלֵּהchale
destroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “chale” appears
Translation note
“Make an end”: put an end to this; finish them off.
The context
10How long, Elohim, will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy spurn your name forever?
11 · This verse (above)
12But Elohim is my king from of old, working salvations in the midst of the earth.