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Psalms 81:4 — King James Version← Study notes

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.


Psalms 81:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 81:46 words
HebrewMeaning
תִּקְע֣וּtiqəʿw
blowverbH8628
cast · clap · fasten · pitch ···
בַ/חֹ֣דֶשׁbaḥōdeš
at the new moonpronH2320
new moon
שׁוֹפָ֑רšwōpār
a ram's hornnounH7782
trumpet
בַּ֝/כֵּ֗סֶהbakēseh
at the full moonpronH3677
לְ/י֣וֹםləywōm
to the day ofpronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
חַגֵּֽ/נוּḥagēnw
festival ournounH2282
sacrifice · solemnity
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 81:4

1. For a Title this Psalm has, “Unto the end for the presses, on the fifth of the Sabbath, a Psalm to Asaph himself.” Into one title many mysteries are heaped together, still so that the lintel of the Psalm indicates the things within. As we have to speak of the presses, let no one expect that we shall speak of a vat, of a press, of olive baskets; because neither the Psalm has this, and therefore it indicates the greater mystery.... No such thing did ye hear in this when it…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 81 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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