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set looseחָפְשִׁיamong the dead,בַּמֵּתִיםlikeכְּמוֹthe piercedחֲלָלִיםwho lieשֹׁכְבֵיin the grave,קֶבֶרwhomאֲשֶׁרyou do notלֹאrememberזְכַרְתָּםanymore,עוֹדand theyוְהֵמָּהfrom your handמִיָּדְךָhave been cut off.נִגְזָרוּ
Psalms 88:5
Study it in the app“set loose among the dead, like the pierced who lie in the grave, whom you do not remember anymore, and they from your hand have been cut off.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 88:5, word by word
- set looseחָפְשִׁיchafshi
free
Free: no longer a slave; also free from duties.
Where else “chafshi” appears- among the deadמֵּתִיםmetim
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metim” appears- the piercedחֲלָלִיםchalalim
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalalim” appears- who lieשֹׁכְבֵיshochve
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “shochve” appears- in the graveקֶבֶרkever
tomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kever” appears- rememberזְכַרְתָּzecharta
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zecharta” appears- from your handיָּדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- have been cut offנִגְזָרוּnigzaru
cut off
To be shut off, excluded.
Where else “nigzaru” appears
Translation note
“Set loose”: the word means “free”; here, set aside, abandoned among the dead.
The context
4I am counted with those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength,
5 · This verse (above)
6You have put me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the depths.