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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 118:6
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:24:46 -0500

Kim:

The lamed as a prefix has a wide range of meaning,
including "to, towards, for, for the purpose of" which
in this context could be translated as "YHWH is for
me", synonyms include "on my side" as in on my
team.

Karl W. Randolph.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kim Chua" <s_kim_chua AT yahoo.com>
>
> Can someone please give the literal translation of
> Psalm 118:6 from the Hebrew to English?
> The English is The Lord is on my side, another
> is The Lord is with me.
>
> Kim

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