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He establishedוַיָּקֶםa testimonyעֵדוּתin Jacob,בְּיַעֲקֹבand an instructionוְתוֹרָהhe setשָׂםin Israel,בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלwhichאֲשֶׁרhe commandedצִוָּהour fathersאֶת אֲבוֹתֵינוּto make knownלְהוֹדִיעָםto their children,לִבְנֵיהֶם
Psalms 78:5
Study it in the app“He established a testimony in Jacob, and an instruction he set in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to make known to their children,”
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Psalms 78:5, word by word
- He establishedיָּקֶםyakem
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “yakem” appears- a testimonyעֵדוּתedut
testimony
Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.
Where else “edut” appears- in Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and an instructionתוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- he setשָׂםsam
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appears- in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- he commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- our fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- to make knownהוֹדִיעָhodia
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “hodia” appears- to their childrenבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears
The context
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6so that the generation to come might know, children yet to be born, who would rise up and tell their children,