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Psalms 78:5 — King James Version← Study notes

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:


Psalms 78:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 78:512 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּ֤קֶםwayāqem
abideconjH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
עֵד֨וּתʿēdwt
testimonynounH5715
witness
בְּֽ/יַעֲקֹ֗בbəyaʿăqōb
JacobpronH3290
וְ/תוֹרָה֮wətwōrāh
lawconjH8451
שָׂ֤םśām
appointverbH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
בְּ/יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥לbəyiśərāʾēl
IsraelpronH3478
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
צִ֭וָּהṣiwāh
appointverbH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲבוֹתֵ֑י/נוּʾăbwōtēynw
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
לְ֝/הוֹדִיעָ֗/םləhwōdiyʿām
acknowledgepronH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
לִ/בְנֵי/הֶֽםlibənēyhem
sonpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
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.

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