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The wickedרְשָׁעִיםwill returnיָשׁוּבוּto Sheol,לִשְׁאוֹלָהallכָּלthe nationsגּוֹיִםthat forgetשְׁכֵחֵיElohim.אֱלֹהִים
Psalms 9:17
Study it in the app“The wicked will return to Sheol, all the nations that forget Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 9:17, word by word
- The wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- will returnיָשׁוּבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- to Sheolשְׁאוֹלָsheola
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheola” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- that forgetשְׁכֵחֵיshecheche
forgetting
One who forgets, forgetful: one who no longer keeps someone or something in mind.
Where else “shecheche” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
16YHWH has made himself known; he has carried out judgment; in the work of his hands the wicked is ensnared. Higaion. Selah.
17 · This verse (above)
18For not forever will the needy be forgotten; the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever.