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Our shield,מָגִנֵּנוּsee,רְאֵהElohim,אֱלֹהִיםand lookוְהַבֵּטon the faceפְּנֵיof your anointed.מְשִׁיחֶךָ
Psalms 84:9
Study it in the app“Our shield, see, Elohim, and look on the face of your anointed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 84:9, word by word
- Our shieldמָגִנֵּmagine
protector
One who protects: YHWH, "my shield".
Where else “magine” appears- seeרְאֵהree
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and lookהַבֵּטhabet
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “habet” appears- on the faceפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears- of your anointedמְשִׁיחֶmeshiche
anointed
Anointed: someone on whom oil has been poured to set him apart for a task from God (priest, king). In Hebrew it is "mashiach", from which "Messiah" comes; in Greek, "Christ".
Where else “meshiche” appears
Translation note
“Your anointed”: it can be understood of the king.
The context
8YHWH Elohim Tsevaot, hear my prayer; give ear, Elohim of Jacob. Selah.
9 · This verse (above)
10For better is a day in your courts than a thousand; I have chosen to stand at the threshold of the house of my Elohim rather than dwell in the tents of wickedness.