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For the director.לַמְנַצֵּחַOf the sonsלִבְנֵיof Korah.קֹרַחA psalm.מִזְמוֹרYou took pleasure,רָצִיתָYHWH,יְהוָהin your land;אַרְצֶךָyou brought backשַׁבְתָּthe captivityשְׁבִיתof Jacob.יַעֲקֹב
Psalms 85:1
Study it in the app“For the director. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm. You took pleasure, YHWH, in your land; you brought back the captivity of Jacob.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 85:1, word by word
- For the directorמְנַצֵּחַmenatseach
direct
To take charge of directing a work or the singing and music of the psalms.
Where else “menatseach” appears- Of the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Korahקֹרַחkorach
Korah
Korah, the name of a son of Esau and Oholibamah and of other Edomites and Israelites, among them the Levite who rebelled against Moses (Numbers 16).
Where else “korach” appears- A psalmמִזְמוֹרmizmor
psalm
Psalm: a song sung with instruments. It is the title of many of the poems in the book of Psalms.
Where else “mizmor” appears- You took pleasureרָצִיתָratsita
take pleasure
To look on someone with pleasure.
Where else “ratsita” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- in your landאַרְצֶartse
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artse” appears- you brought backשַׁבְתָּshavta
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “shavta” appears- the captivityשְׁבִיתshevit
captivity, fortunes
Captivity: the condition of those taken away as prisoners far from their land. "Turn back the captivity" is to restore someone to his former state.
Where else “shevit” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2You took away the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah.