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You took awayנָשָׂאתָthe iniquityעֲוֺןof your people;עַמֶּךָyou coveredכִּסִּיתָallכָלtheir sin.חַטָּאתָםSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 85:2
Study it in the app“You took away the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 85:2, word by word
- You took awayנָשָׂאתָnasata
forgive
To take away someone's sin, forgive.
Where else “nasata” appears- the iniquityעֲוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- of your peopleעַמֶּame
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ame” appears- you coveredכִּסִּיתָkisita
conceal
To keep something secret, or forgive a wrong.
Where else “kisita” appears- their sinחַטָּאתָchatata
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatata” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
The context
1For the director. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm. You took pleasure, YHWH, in your land; you brought back the captivity of Jacob.
2 · This verse (above)
3You gathered in all your wrath; you turned back from the burning of your anger.