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And he madeוַיַּסַּעhis peopleעַמּוֹset outיַּסַּעlike sheep,כַּצֹּאןand drove themוַיְנַהֲגֵםlike a flockכַּעֵדֶרin the wilderness.בַּמִּדְבָּר
Psalms 78:52
Study it in the app“And he made his people set out like sheep, and drove them like a flock in the wilderness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:52, word by word
- And he madeיַּסַּעyasa
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yasa” appears- his peopleעַמּam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- like sheepצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- and drove themיְנַהֲגֵyenahage
drive, lead
Drive, lead along (livestock, people); carry off.
Where else “yenahage” appears- like a flockעֵדֶרeder
herd, flock
Herd, flock, drove.
Where else “eder” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
The context
51And he struck every firstborn in Egypt, the beginning of vigor in the tents of Ham.
52 · This verse (above)
53And he led them in safety, and they were not in dread; but their enemies the sea covered.