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Hear,שְׁמַעmy people,עַמִּיand I will testifyוְאָעִידָהagainst you;בָּךְIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלifאִםyou would listenתִּשְׁמַעto me!לִי
Psalms 81:8
Study it in the app“Hear, my people, and I will testify against you; Israel, if you would listen to me!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 81:8, word by word
- Hearשְׁמַעshema
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- and I will testifyאָעִידָהaida
testify
To declare what one knows, or summon others to vouch for one's words.
Where else “aida” appears- 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
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9There shall not be among you a strange god, nor shall you bow down to a foreign god.