Psalms 120:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 120:27 words

HebrewMeaning

יְֽהוָ֗הyəhwāh

O YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

הַצִּ֣ילָ/הhaṣiylāh

deliver !verbH5337

at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···

נַ֭פְשִׁ/יnapəšiy

self mynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

מִ/שְּׂפַתmiśəpat

from a lip ofpronH8193

bank · binding · border · brim ···

שֶׁ֑קֶרšeqer

falsehoodnounH8267

deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···

מִ/לָּשׁ֥וֹןmilāšwōn

from a tonguepronH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

רְמִיָּֽהrəmiyāh

deceitnounH7423

-fully) · false · guile · idle ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 120:2

1. The Psalm which we have just heard chanted, and have responded to with our voices, is short, and very profitable. You will not long toil in hearing, nor will you toil fruitlessly in working. For it is, according to the title prefixed to it, “A song of degrees.” Degrees are either of ascent or of descent. But degrees, as they are used in this Psalm, are of ascending...There are therefore both those who ascend and those who descend on that ladder. Genesis 28:12 Who are they…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 120

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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