They do notלֹאknow,יָדְעוּand they do notוְלֹאunderstand;יָבִינוּin darknessבַּחֲשֵׁכָהthey walk about;יִתְהַלָּכוּallכָּלthe foundationsמוֹסְדֵיof the earthאָרֶץare shaken.יִמּוֹטוּ
Psalms 82:5
Study it in the app“They do not know, and they do not understand; in darkness they walk about; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Psalms 82:5, word by word
- knowיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- understandיָבִינוּyavinu
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “yavinu” appears- in darknessחֲשֵׁכָהchashecha
darkness
Darkness.
Where else “chashecha” appears- they walk aboutיִתְהַלָּכוּyithalachu
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “yithalachu” appears- the foundationsמוֹסְדֵיmosde
foundation
Foundation, the base on which something rests.
Where else “mosde” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- are shakenיִמּוֹטוּyimotu
totter, slip
Totter, slip, lose one's footing.
Where else “yimotu” appears
The context
4Bring to safety the poor and the needy; from the hand of the wicked deliver them.
5 · This verse (above)
6I said, ‘You are gods, and sons of Elyon, all of you.