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Psalms 107:36

And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

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וַיּ֣וֹשֶׁבvayoshevand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and dwell”, the next action in the storyH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…שָׁ֣םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.רְעֵבִ֑יםreevimhungryרָעֵבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “hungry”, the ordinary formH7457hungry (more or less intensely)hunger bitten, hungry.וַ֝יְכוֹנְנ֗וּvaykhonenvand be fittedכּוּןconjunction, verb, polel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be fitted”, the next action in the storyH3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth…עִ֣ירircityעִירnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.מוֹשָֽׁבmoshavseatמוֹשָׁבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “seat”, the ordinary formH4186a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, populationassembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation,

Young’s Literal Translation

And He causeth the hungry to dwell there, And they prepare a city of habitation.

World English Bible

There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,

Darby Translation

And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And there he causes the hungry to dwell, and they establish for themselves cities of habitation.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ κατῴκισεν ἐκεῖ πεινῶντας, καὶ συνεστήσαντο πόλεις κατοικεσίας·