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They say,אָמְרוּ“Come,לְכוּand let us eliminate themוְנַכְחִידֵםfrom being a nation,מִגּוֹיand let notוְלֹאthe nameשֵׁםof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלbe rememberedיִזָּכֵרany more.”עוֹד
Psalms 83:4
Study it in the app“They say, “Come, and let us eliminate them from being a nation, and let not the name of Israel be remembered any more.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 83:4, word by word
- They sayאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- “Comeלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- and let us eliminate themנַכְחִידֵnachchide
wipe out
To erase, destroy.
Where else “nachchide” appears- from being a nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of 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- be rememberedיִזָּכֵרyizacher
mention
To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.
Where else “yizacher” appears
The context
3Against your people they craftily plot their intimate counsel, and they consult against your hidden ones.
4 · This verse (above)
5For they have consulted with one heart together; against you they make a covenant,