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He leveledיְפַלֵּסa pathנָתִיבfor his anger;לְאַפּוֹhe did notלֹאhold backחָשַׂךְtheir soulנַפְשָׁםfrom death,מִמָּוֶתand their lifeוְחַיָּתָםto the pestilenceלַדֶּבֶרhe gave over.הִסְגִּיר
Psalms 78:50
Study it in the app“He leveled a path for his anger; he did not hold back their soul from death, and their life to the pestilence he gave over.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:50, word by word
- He leveledיְפַלֵּסyefales
level
Make a path even, clear its obstacles.
Where else “yefales” appears- a pathנָתִיבnativ
path
Path: a narrow way marked out by people's steps.
Where else “nativ” appears- for his angerאַפּap
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ap” appears- hold backחָשַׂךְchasach
hold back
To refuse to give something and keep it for oneself.
Where else “chasach” appears- their soulנַפְשָׁnafsha
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsha” appears- from deathמָּוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- and their lifeחַיָּתָchayata
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayata” appears- to the pestilenceדֶּבֶרdever
plague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “dever” appears- he gave overהִסְגִּירhisgir
hand over
To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.
Where else “hisgir” appears
The context
49He sent against them the burning of his anger, wrath and indignation and distress, a dispatch of messengers of evils.
50 · This verse (above)
51And he struck every firstborn in Egypt, the beginning of vigor in the tents of Ham.