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They showed themselvesיִוָּדַעlike one who lifts upכְּמֵבִיא לְמָעְלָהaxesקַרְדֻּמּוֹתin a thicketבִּסֲבָךְof trees.עֵץ
Psalms 74:5
Study it in the app“They showed themselves like one who lifts up axes in a thicket of trees.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 74:5, word by word
- They showed themselvesיִוָּדַעyivada
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “yivada” appears- like one who lifts upמֵבִיאmevi
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “mevi” appears- like one who lifts upמָעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- axesקַרְדֻּמּוֹתkardumot
axe
Axe: a tool for cutting trees and branches.
Where else “kardumot” appears- in a thicketסֲבָךְsavach
thicket
Thicket, tangled brush.
Where else “savach” appears- of treesעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears
Translation note
A difficult verse in Hebrew; it seems to describe the enemies destroying the sanctuary like woodcutters in a forest.
The context
4Your adversaries roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their signs as signs.
5 · This verse (above)
6And now its carvings, all together, with ax and hammers they strike down.