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Psalms 126:4

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.

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שׁוּבָ֣הshuvahagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “again”, a commandH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…יְ֭הוָהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שבותנוshvvtnvcaptiveשְׁבוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “captive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7622exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperitycaptive(-ity).שְׁבִיתֵ֑נוּshevitenvcaptiveשְׁבוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “captive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7622exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperitycaptive(-ity).כַּאֲפִיקִ֥יםkaafiqimas strong pieceאָפִיקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as strong piece”, the ordinary formH650properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing or a herobrook, channel, mighty, river, [phrase] scale, stream, strong piece.בַּנֶּֽגֶבbanegevin southנֶגֶבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in south”, the ordinary formH5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)south (country, side, -ward).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Turn our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the dry land.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, As the streams in the South.

Young’s Literal Translation

Turn again, O Jehovah, [to] our captivity, As streams in the south.

World English Bible

Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh, like the streams in the Negev.

Darby Translation

Turn our captivity, O Jehovah, as the streams in the south.

Douay-Rheims

As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Turn our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the dry land.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Turn, O Lord, our captivity, as the streams in the south.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπίστρεψον, Κύριε, τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ἡμῶν ὡς χειμάῤῥους ἐν τῷ Νότῳ.