Righteousnessצֶדֶקwill walkיְהַלֵּךְbefore him,לְפָנָיוand will makeוְיָשֵׂםof his footstepsפְּעָמָיוa way.לְדֶרֶךְ
Psalms 85:13
Study it in the app“Righteousness will walk before him, and will make of his footsteps a way.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Psalms 85:13, word by word
- Righteousnessצֶדֶקtsedek
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appears- will walkיְהַלֵּךְyehalech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “yehalech” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- and will makeיָשֵׂםyasem
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “yasem” appears- of his footstepsפְּעָמָיpeamay
step
What is done in walking: the movement of a foot and the print it leaves.
Where else “peamay” appears- a wayדֶרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears
Translation note
“Will make of his footsteps a way”: it can be understood that righteousness will go opening a way wherever he passes.
The context
12Also YHWH will give what is good, and our land will give its produce.
13 · This verse (above)