Psalms 121:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 121:47 words

HebrewMeaning

הִנֵּ֣הhinēh

there!particleH2009

lo · see

לֹֽאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָ֭נוּםyānwm

he will slumberverbH5123

slumber

וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִישָׁ֑ןyiyšān

he will sleepverbH3462

remain long · sleep

שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗רšwōmēr

the protector ofverbH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

יִשְׂרָאֵֽלyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

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 121:4

1. ...Let them “lift up their eyes to the hills whence comes their help” Psalm 120:1. What means, The hills have been lightened? The Sun of righteousness has already risen, the Gospel has been already preached by the Apostles, the Scriptures have been preached, all the mysteries have been laid open, the veil has been rent, the secret place of the temple has been revealed: let them now at length lift their eyes up to the hills, whence their help comes...“Of His fullness have…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 121

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

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