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לְהַצִּ֣ילlehatsilto defendנָצַלpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to defend”, the to-form of the verbH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).מִמָּ֣וֶתmimavetfrom deadמָוֶתpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).נַפְשָׁ֑םnafshamcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…וּ֝לְחַיּוֹתָ֗םulechayotamand to liveחָיָהconjunction, preposition, verb, piel, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and to live”, the to-form of the verbH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.בָּרָעָֽבbaraavin hungerרָעָבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in hunger”, the ordinary formH7458hunger (more or less extensive)dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
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American Standard Version (1901)
To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Young’s Literal Translation
To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.
World English Bible
to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine.
Darby Translation
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Douay-Rheims
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
to deliver their souls from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
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