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As a testimonyעֵדוּתin Josephבִּיהוֹסֵףhe set it,שָׂמוֹwhen he went outבְּצֵאתוֹagainst the landעַל אֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִםA languageשְׂפַתthat I did notלֹאknowיָדַעְתִּיI hear:אֶשְׁמָע
Psalms 81:5
Study it in the app“As 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:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 81:5, word by word
- As 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 Josephיהוֹסֵףyhosef
Joseph
Joseph, son of Jacob, written here in a longer form of the name ("Yehosef"). He stands for the northern tribes of Israel.
Where else “yhosef” appears- he set itשָׂמsam
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “sam” appears- when he went outצֵאתtset
set out
To set out somewhere, or go out to war.
Where else “tset” appears- against the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- A languageשְׂפַתsefat
language
The tongue proper to a people, the language it speaks.
Where else “sefat” appears- knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- I hearאֶשְׁמָעeshma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “eshma” appears
Translation note
“When he went out”: it can be understood of when Elohim went out against Egypt to free his people. “A language that I did not know”: it can be understood that the psalmist now hears the voice of Elohim, who speaks in the following verses.
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
4For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the Elohim of Jacob.
5 · This verse (above)
6I removed his shoulder from the burden; his palms were freed from the basket.