Psalms 34:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 34:36 words

HebrewMeaning

בַּ֭/יהוָהbayhwāh

in YahwehpronH3068

the Lord. Compare

תִּתְהַלֵּ֣לtitəhalēl

it will boastverbH1984

celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···

נַפְשִׁ֑/יnapəšiy

self mynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

יִשְׁמְע֖וּyišəməʿw

let them hearverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

עֲנָוִ֣יםʿănāwiym

humble peopleadjH6035

lowly · meek · poor. Compare

וְ/יִשְׂמָֽחוּwəyiśəmāḥw

and let them rejoiceconjH8055

be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···

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 34:3

A psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech, and he sent him away, and he departed. 1. Because there was there a sacrifice after the order of Aaron, and afterwards He of His Own Body and Blood appointed a sacrifice after the order of Melchizedek; He changed then His Countenance in the Priesthood, and sent away the kingdom of the Jews, and came to the Gentiles. What then is, “He affected”? He was full of affection. For what is so full of affection as…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 34 (excerpt)

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

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