Psalms 88:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 88:111 words

HebrewMeaning

שִׁ֥ירšiyr

a songnounH7892

sing(-er · -ing) · song

מִזְמ֗וֹרmizəmwōr

a psalmnounH4210

לִ/בְנֵ֫יlibənēy

of the sons ofpronH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

קֹ֥רַחqōraḥ

KorahnounH7141

לַ/מְנַצֵּ֣חַlamənaṣēḥa

to the choirmasterpronH5329

chief musician · oversee · set forward

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

מָחֲלַ֣תmāḥălat

MachalathnounH4257

לְ/עַנּ֑וֹתləʿanwōt

abase selfconjH6031

afflict(-ion · self) · answer (by mistake for

מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗ילmaśəkiyl

a poemnounH4905

לְ/הֵימָ֥ןləhēymān

of HemanpronH1968

הָ/אֶזְרָחִֽיhāʾezərāḥiy

the EzrachiteparticleH250

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 88:1

1. The Title of this eighty-seventh Psalm contains a fresh subject for enquiry: the words occurring here, “for Melech to respond,” being nowhere else found. We have already given our opinion on the meaning of the titles Psalmus Cantici and Canticum Psalmi: and the words, “sons of Core,” are constantly repeated, and have often been explained: so also “to the end;” but what comes next in this title is peculiar. For “Melech” we may translate into Latin “for the chorus,” for…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 88 (excerpt)

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

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