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And he rememberedוַיִּזְכֹּרthatכִּיtheyהֵמָּהwere flesh,בָשָׂרa windרוּחַthat goesהוֹלֵךְand does notוְלֹאreturn.יָשׁוּב
Psalms 78:39
Study it in the app“And he remembered that they were flesh, a wind that goes and does not return.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:39, word by word
- And he rememberedיִּזְכֹּרyizkor
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “yizkor” appears- were fleshבָשָׂרvasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “vasar” appears- a windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- that goesהוֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears- returnיָשׁוּבyashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuv” appears
The context
38But he, merciful, makes expiation for iniquity and does not destroy; and many times he turned back his anger, and did not stir up all his fury.
39 · This verse (above)
40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, grieved him in the wasteland!