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Youאַתָּהcrushedרִצַּצְתָּthe headsרָאשֵׁיof Leviathan;לִוְיָתָןyou gave himתִּתְּנֶנּוּas foodמַאֲכָלto the peopleלְעָםof the desert dwellers.לְצִיִּים
Psalms 74:14
Study it in the app“You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food to the people of the desert dwellers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 74:14, word by word
- crushedרִצַּצְתָּritsatsta
crush
To shatter, oppress: "the damaged reed".
Where else “ritsatsta” appears- the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rashe” appears- of Leviathanלִוְיָתָןlivyatan
Leviathan
Leviathan: the name of an enormous creature of the sea, like a serpent or a sea monster. It is described in Job 41 and named in Psalms 74:14; 104:26 and Isaiah 27:1.
Where else “livyatan” appears- you gave himתִּתְּנֶtitne
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titne” appears- as foodמַאֲכָלmaachal
food
Food.
Where else “maachal” appears- to the peopleעָםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- of the desert dwellersצִיִּיםtsiyim
desert dweller
One who lives in the desert: a nomad or a wild animal of the wilderness.
Where else “tsiyim” appears
Translation note
“Leviathan”: the great monster of the sea (Job 41). “The people of the desert dwellers”: probably the wild beasts of the desert.
The context
13You split the sea by your strength; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.
14 · This verse (above)
15You opened spring and brook; you dried up constant rivers.