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Do notאַלgiveתִּתֵּןto the wild beastלְחַיַּתthe soulנֶפֶשׁof your turtledove;תּוֹרֶךָthe lifeחַיַּתof your afflicted onesעֲנִיֶּיךָdo notאַלforgetתִּשְׁכַּחforever.לָנֶצַח
Psalms 74:19
Study it in the app“Do not give to the wild beast the soul of your turtledove; the life of your afflicted ones do not forget forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 74:19, word by word
- giveתִּתֵּןtiten
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “titen” appears- to the wild beastחַיַּתchayat
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayat” appears- the soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appears- of your turtledoveתּוֹרֶtore
turtledove
Turtledove.
Where else “tore” appears- of your afflicted onesעֲנִיֶּיaniye
poor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “aniye” appears- forgetתִּשְׁכַּחtishkach
forget
Forget.
Where else “tishkach” appears- foreverנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears
Translation note
“Your turtledove”: it can be understood as an image of your people, defenseless as a dove.
The context
18Remember this: the enemy has reproached, YHWH, and a foolish people has spurned your name.
19 · This verse (above)
20Look to the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of abodes of violence.