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Forכִּיit isהוּאa statuteחֹקfor Israel,לְיִשְׂרָאֵלan ordinanceמִשְׁפָּטof the Elohimלֵאלֹהֵיof Jacob.יַעֲקֹב
Psalms 81:4
Study it in the app“For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the Elohim of Jacob.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 81:4, word by word
- a statuteחֹקchok
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chok” appears- for 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- an ordinanceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpat” appears- of the Elohimאלֹהֵיlohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appears- of 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
The context
3Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon, on the day of our feast.
4 · This verse (above)
5As a testimony in Joseph he set it, when he went out against the land of Egypt. A language that I did not know I hear: