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If onlyלוּmy peopleעַמִּיwould listenשֹׁמֵעַto me,לִיif Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwould walkיְהַלֵּכוּin my ways!בִּדְרָכַי
Psalms 81:13
Study it in the app“If only my people would listen to me, if Israel would walk in my ways!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 81:13, word by word
- If onlyלוּlu
if only
A word that voices a strong wish that something were otherwise: «if only…».
Where else “lu” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- would listenשֹׁמֵעַshomea
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shomea” appears- if 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- would walkיְהַלֵּכוּyehalechu
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “yehalechu” appears- in my waysדְרָכַderacha
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “deracha” appears
The context
12So I let him go in the stubbornness of their heart; they will walk in their own plans.
13 · This verse (above)
14Soon I would subdue their enemies, and against their adversaries turn my hand.