Psalms

Psalm 74:3–7

³Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins,

to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.

⁴Your foes have roared within Your meeting place;

they have unfurled their banners as signs,

⁵like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees

⁶and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

⁷They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground;

they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Turn	הָרִ֣ימָה	hā·rî·māh	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H7311 be high, exalted, rise
Your steps	פְ֭עָמֶיךָ	p̄ə·‘ā·me·ḵā	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6471 beat, foot, anvil, occurrence
to the everlasting	נֶ֑צַח	ne·ṣaḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H5331 eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity
ruins	לְמַשֻּׁא֣וֹת	lə·maš·šu·’ō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct	H4876 ruin
to everything	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
in the sanctuary	בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃	baq·qō·ḏeš	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6944 sacred, sanctity
the enemy	אוֹיֵ֣ב	’ō·w·yêḇ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H341 be hostile to
has destroyed	הֵרַ֖ע	hê·ra‘	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7489 be evil, bad

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Your foes	צֹ֭רְרֶיךָ	ṣō·rə·re·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6887 bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped
have roared	שָׁאֲג֣וּ	šā·’ă·ḡū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7580 roar
within	בְּקֶ֣רֶב	bə·qe·reḇ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7130 inward part, midst
Your meeting place	מוֹעֲדֶ֑ךָ	mō·w·‘ă·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H4150 appointed time, place, meeting
they have unfurled	שָׂ֖מוּ	śā·mū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7760 put, place, set
their banners	אוֹתֹתָ֣ם	’ō·w·ṯō·ṯām	Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine plural	H226 sign
as signs	אֹתֽוֹת׃	’ō·ṯō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H226 sign

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
like men	יִ֭וָּדַע	yiw·wā·ḏa‘	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3045 know
wielding	כְּמֵבִ֣יא	kə·mê·ḇî	Preposition-k; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
axes	קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃	qar·dum·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H7134 axe
in a thicket	בִּֽסֲבָךְ־	bi·să·ḇāḵ-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5442 thicket
of trees	עֵ֝֗ץ	‘êṣ	Noun - masculine singular	H6086 tree, trees, wood

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and	וְעֵת	wə·ʿēṯ	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H6258 now
smashing	יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃	ya·hă·lō·mūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H1986 smite, hammer, strike down
all	יָּ֑חַד	yā·ḥaḏ	Adverb	H3162 unitedness
the carvings	פִּתּוּחֶ֣יהָ	pit·tū·ḥe·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H6603 engraving
with hatchets	בְּכַשִּׁ֥יל	bə·ḵaš·šîl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H3781 axe
and picks	וְ֝כֵֽילַפֹּ֗ת	wə·ḵê·lap·pōṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H3597 club, sledge-hammer

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They have burned	שִׁלְח֣וּ	šil·ḥū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H7971 send
Your sanctuary	מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ	miq·dā·še·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H4720 sacred place, sanctuary
to the ground	לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ	lā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
they have defiled	חִלְּל֥וּ	ḥil·lə·lū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H2490 bore, pierce
the dwelling place	מִֽשְׁכַּן־	miš·kan-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4908 dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'
of Your Name	שְׁמֶֽךָ׃	šə·me·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8034 name