Psalms 126:4

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

Verse	KJV	BSB	ASV
4	Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.	Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev.	Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, As the streams in the South.

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
turn back !	שׁוּבָ֣ה	shu-VAH	H7725H	to return: return שׁוּב (shuv) : return 1) to return, turn back 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn back, return 1a1a) to turn back 1a1b) to return, come or go back 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back 1a1d) of dying 1a1e) of human relations (fig) 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig) 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise 1a1f2) to turn away (of God) 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent 1a1f4) turn back (from evil) 1a1g) of inanimate things 1a1h) in repetition 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to bring back 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig) 1b3) to lead away (enticingly) 1b4) to show turning, apostatise 1c) (Pual) restored (participle) …
O Yahweh	יְ֭הוָה	YAH-weh	H3068G	Lord אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) Lord - a title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)
captivity our	שְׁבִיתֵ֑נוּ	she-vu-te-nu	H7622	captivity שְׁבִית (she.vut) 1) captivity, captives 2) defeat, reversed fortunes
like stream-beds	כַּאֲפִיקִ֥ים	ka-'a-fi-KIM	H0650	channel אָפִיק (a.phiq) 1) channel 2) ravine 3) of hollow bones (fig.)
in the Negev	בַּנֶּֽגֶב׃	ba-NE-gev	H5045G	Negeb נֶ֫גֶב (ne.gev) region of southern Judah Also named: ne.gev (נֶ֫גֶב "south" H5045H) This name means south-country

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