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I removedהֲסִירוֹתִיhis shoulderשִׁכְמוֹfrom the burden;מִסֵּבֶלhis palmsכַּפָּיוwere freedתַּעֲבֹרְנָהfrom the basket.מִדּוּד
Psalms 81:6
Study it in the app“I removed his shoulder from the burden; his palms were freed from the basket.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 81:6, word by word
- I removedהֲסִירוֹתִיhasiroti
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “hasiroti” appears- his shoulderשִׁכְמshichm
shoulder
The part of the body by the neck where a load is carried.
Where else “shichm” appears- from the burdenסֵּבֶלsevel
burden
Burden: a weight carried on the shoulders; hence the forced labor imposed on a people.
Where else “sevel” appears- his palmsכַּפָּיkapay
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kapay” appears- were freedתַּעֲבֹרְנָהtaavorna
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “taavorna” appears- from the basketדּוּדdud
basket
A woven basket for carrying things, like fruit or earth.
Where else “dud” appears
Translation note
It recalls the forced labor of Israel in Egypt (Exodus 1:11-14).
The context
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:
6 · This verse (above)
7In distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I examined you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.