Psalms 120:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 120:76 words

HebrewMeaning

אֲֽנִיʾăniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

שָׁ֭לוֹםšālwōm

am peacenounH7965

do · fare · favour · friend ···

וְ/כִ֣יwəkiy

and thatconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אֲדַבֵּ֑רʾădabēr

I speakverbH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

הֵ֝֗מָּהhēmāh

theyprepH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

לַ/מִּלְחָמָֽהlamiləḥāmāh

are for warpronH4421

fight · war

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 120:7

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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