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Psalms 74:14 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.


Psalms 74:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 74:148 words
HebrewMeaning
אַתָּ֣הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
רִ֭צַּצְתָּriṣaṣətā
you crushedverbH7533
bruise · crush · discourage · oppress ···
רָאשֵׁ֣יrāʾšēy
the heads ofnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
לִוְיָתָ֑ןliwəyātān
LeviathannounH3882
mourning
תִּתְּנֶ֥/נּוּtitənenw
you gave itverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
מַ֝אֲכָ֗לmaʾăkāl
foodnounH3978
fruit · meat · victual
לְ/עָ֣םləʿām
to a peoplepronH5971
men · nation · people
לְ/צִיִּֽיםləṣiyiym
to desert-dwellerspronH6728
that dwell in the wilderness
Words 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 74:14

1. This Psalm's Title is, “Of the Understanding of Asaph.” Asaph in Latin is translated congregation, in Greek Synagogue. Let us see what this Synagogue has understood. But let us understand firstly Synagogue: from thence we shall understand what the Synagogue has understood. Every congregation is spoken of under the general name of Synagogue: one both of beasts and of men may be called a congregation; but here there is no congregation of beasts when we heard…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 74 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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