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Psalms 60:2

Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

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בְּהַצּוֹת֨וֹbehatsotvoin be laid wasteנָצָהpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in be laid waste”, the to-form of the verbH5327properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrelbe laid waste, runinous, strive (together).אֶ֥תetobject 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).אֲרַ֣םaramMesopotamiaאֲרַם נַהֲרַיִםnoun, proper name — “Mesopotamia”H763Aram of (the) two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris) or MesopotamiaAham-naharaim, Mesopotamia.נַהֲרַיִם֮naharayimMesopotamiaאֲרַם נַהֲרַיִםnoun, proper name — “Mesopotamia”H763Aram of (the) two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris) or MesopotamiaAham-naharaim, Mesopotamia.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and 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).אֲרַ֪םaramAram-zobahאֲרַם צוֹבָהnoun, proper name — “Aram-zobah”H760Aram of Tsoba (or Coele-Syria)Aram-zobah.צ֫וֹבָ֥הtsovahAram-zobahאֲרַם צוֹבָהnoun, proper name — “Aram-zobah”H760Aram of Tsoba (or Coele-Syria)Aram-zobah.וַיָּ֤שָׁבvayashavand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and again”, the next action in the storyH7725to 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,…יוֹאָ֗בyoavJoabיוֹאָבnoun, proper name — “Joab”H3097Joab, the name of three IsraelitesJoab.וַיַּ֣ךְvayakhand strikeנָכָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and strike”, the next action in the storyH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.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).אֱד֣וֹםedomEdomאֱדֹםnoun, proper name — “Edom”H123Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by himEdom, Edomites, Idumea.בְּגֵיאbegeyin valleyגַּיְאpreposition, noun, proper name — “in valley”H1516a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)valley.מֶ֑לַחmelachsaltמֶלַחnoun, proper name — “salt”H4417properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)salt(-pit).שְׁנֵ֖יםsheneymtwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, absolute — “two”, the ordinary formH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.עָשָׂ֣רasarteenעָשָׂרadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “teen”, the ordinary formH6240ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).אָֽלֶףalefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.הִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּהhirashtahmake afraidרָעַשׁverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “make afraid”, a completed actionH7493to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)make afraid, (re-) move, quake, (make to) shake, (make to) tremble.אֶ֣רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.פְּצַמְתָּ֑הּpetsamtahbreakפָּצַםverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “break”, a completed actionH6480to rend (by earthquake)break.רְפָ֖הrefahcureרָפָאverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “cure”, a commandH7495properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to curecure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, [idiom] thoroughly, make whole. See H7503 (רָפָה).שְׁבָרֶ֣יהָshevareyhaafflictionשֶׁבֶרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “affliction”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7667a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.כִיkhiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…מָֽטָהmatahfallמוֹטverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fall”, a completed actionH4131to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fallbe carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, [idiom] exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(60-4) Thou hast made the land to shake, Thou hast cleft it; heal the breaches thereof; for it tottereth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast caused the land to tremble, Thou hast broken it, Heal its breaches, for it hath moved.

World English Bible

You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.

Darby Translation

Thou hast made the earth to tremble, thou hast rent it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

Douay-Rheims

Hear, O God, my supplication: be attentive to my prayer,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(60-4) Thou hast made the land to shake, Thou hast cleft it; heal the breaches thereof; for it tottereth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

when he had burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Sobal, and Joab had returned and smitten in the valley of salt twelve thousand.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ὁπότε ἐνεπύρισε τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν Συρίας, καὶ τὴν Συρίαν Σοβὰλ, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν Ἰωὰβ, καὶ ἐπάταξε τὴν φάραγγα τῶν ἁλῶν, δώδεκα χιλιάδας.