King James Version
Psalms 83:4 in the King James Version says “They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 83 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.”
Psalms 83:4 · KJV
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: consent: Heb. heart
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
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“and let us cut them off”
H3582to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy
“from being a nation”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“may be no more in remembrance”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
“that the name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
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