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They band togetherיָגוֹדּוּagainst the soulעַל נֶפֶשׁof the righteous,צַדִּיקand innocentוְ נָקִיbloodדָםthey declare guilty.יַרְשִׁיעוּ
Psalms 94:21
Study it in the app“They band together against the soul of the righteous, and innocent blood they declare guilty.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 94:21, word by word
- They band togetherיָגוֹדּוּyagodu
band together
To form armed groups, sometimes to attack.
Where else “yagodu” appears- against the soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appears- of the righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- and innocentנָקִיnaki
innocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “naki” appears- bloodדָםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- they declare guiltyיַרְשִׁיעוּyarshiu
condemn
To pass a verdict of guilty on someone in a trial.
Where else “yarshiu” appears
The context
20Can a throne of calamities be allied with you, one that forms suffering upon a statute?
21 · This verse (above)
22But YHWH has been for me a high refuge, and my Elohim the rock of my refuge.