Psalms

Psalm 9:5–6

⁵You have rebuked the nations;

You have destroyed the wicked;

You have erased their name forever and ever.

⁶The enemy has come to eternal ruin,

and You have uprooted their cities;

the very memory of them has vanished.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You have rebuked	גָּעַ֣רְתָּ	gā·‘ar·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H1605 rebuke
the nations	ג֭וֹיִם	ḡō·w·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
You have destroyed	אִבַּ֣דְתָּ	’ib·baḏ·tā	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6 perish
the wicked	רָשָׁ֑ע	rā·šā‘	Adjective - masculine singular	H7563 wicked, criminal
You have erased	מָ֝חִ֗יתָ	mā·ḥî·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H4229 wipe, wipe out
their name	שְׁמָ֥ם	šə·mām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H8034 name
forever	לְעוֹלָ֥ם	lə·‘ō·w·lām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
and ever	וָעֶֽד׃	wā·‘eḏ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H5703 perpetuity

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The enemy	הָֽאוֹיֵ֨ב׀	hā·’ō·w·yêḇ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H341 be hostile to
has come to eternal	לָ֫נֶ֥צַח	lā·ne·ṣaḥ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H5331 eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity
ruin	חֳרָב֗וֹת	ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H2723 waste, desolation, ruin
and You have uprooted	נָתַ֑שְׁתָּ	nā·ṯaš·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H5428 pull or pluck up, root out
their cities	וְעָרִ֥ים	wə·‘ā·rîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H5892 excitement
the very memory	זִכְרָ֣ם	ziḵ·rām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H2143 remembrance, memorial
of them	הֵֽמָּה׃	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
has vanished	אָבַ֖ד	’ā·ḇaḏ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6 perish

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 9:5 Proverbs 10:7 · Malachi 4:3 · Revelation 19:15 · Proverbs 13:9 · Deuteronomy 9:14 · Psalm 79:10 · Psalm 149:7 · 2 Samuel 22:44–46 · 2 Samuel 17:23 · Psalm 78:55

Psalm 9:6 Exodus 14:13 · Isaiah 14:22–23 · 1 Corinthians 15:26 · Micah 7:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.