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whichאֲשֶׁרwe have heardשָׁמַעְנוּand known,וַנֵּדָעֵםand our fathersוַאֲבוֹתֵינוּhave told us.סִפְּרוּ לָנוּ
Psalms 78:3
Study it in the app“which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.”
One generation tells the next what God has doneParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:3, word by word
- we have heardשָׁמַעְנוּshamanu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamanu” appears- and knownנֵּדָעֵnedae
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “nedae” appears- and our fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- have told usסִפְּרוּsipru
recount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “sipru” appears
The context
2I will open my mouth with a proverb; I will pour out riddles from of old,
3 · This verse (above)
4We will not hide them from their children; to the generation to come we will recount the praises of YHWH, and his strength and his wonders that he has done.