Psalm 149

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
7To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples;

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
to executeלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla-'a-SOTH6213A
to make: do

עָשָׂה (a.sah) : do/perform 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made

vengeanceנְ֭קָמָהNE-ka-mahH5360
vengeance

נְקָמָה (ne.qa.mah) 1) vengeance 1a) vengeance (by God, by Israel, by enemies of Israel)

on the nationsבַּגּוֹיִ֑םba-go-YIMH1471A
nation

גּוֹי (goy) 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.)

punishmentsתּֽ֝וֹכֵחֹ֗תto-khe-CHOTH8433A
rebuke

תּוֹכֵחָה (to.khe.chah) rebuke, correction, punishment, chastisement

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.