Psalms 82:2
| סלה | תשאו | רשעים | ו פני | עול | תשפטו | מתי | עד |
| Build/Cast her up! | yourselves are lifting up | criminals | and faces | unjustly | yourselves are judging | when | until/perpetually/witness |
9016 | None Definition: verseEnd Root: None Exhaustive: None 5542 סלה çelâh Definition: suspension (of music), i.e. pause Root: from H5541 (סלה); Exhaustive: from סלה; suspension (of music), i.e. pause; Selah. | 9014 | ־ None Definition: link Root: None Exhaustive: None 5375 נשא nâsâʼ Definition: to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative Root: or נסה; (Psalm 4:6 (H7 (אבד))), a primitive root; Exhaustive: or נסה; (Psalm 4:6 (אבד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield. | 7563 רשע râshâʻ Definition: morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person Root: from H7561 (רשע); Exhaustive: from רשע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. | 6440 | פנים pânîym Definition: the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) Root: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פנה; from H6437 (פנה)); Exhaustive: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פנה; from פנה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you. 9002 ו None Definition: and Root: None Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’) | 5766a עול ʻevel Definition: (moral) evil Root: or עול; and (feminine) עולה; or עולה; or עלה; from H5765 (עול); Exhaustive: or עול; and (feminine) עולה; or עולה; or עלה; from עול; (moral) evil; iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness). | 9014 | ־ None Definition: link Root: None Exhaustive: None 8199 שפט shâphaṭ Definition: to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively) Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively); [phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule. | 4970 מתי mâthay Definition: properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative) Root: from an unused root meaning to extend; Exhaustive: from an unused root meaning to extend; properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative); long, when. | 9014 | ־ None Definition: link Root: None Exhaustive: None 5704 עד ʻad Definition: as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) Root: properly, the same as H5703 (עד) (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); Exhaustive: properly, the same as עד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet. |
How long are you all judging unjustly, and lifting up faces of criminals? Build her up!1
How long will ye judge wickedness, and ye will lift up the faces of the unjust? Silence.
Until when will you judge unjustly, and lift up the faces of the wicked? Selah.
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
O God, who shall be compared to thee? Be not silent, neither be still, O God.
Footnotes
| Psa. 82:2 | The interpretation of סלה (selah) as an imperative form related to the root סלל (“to lift up, build up, cast up”) has been a subject of longstanding debate in biblical philology. While סלה was traditionally understood as a liturgical or musical term (like a pause or interlude), compelling evidence from other texts demonstrates that imperative forms derived from סלל were clearly used with the sense of “build up” or “cast up,” including with pronominal suffixes, which may underlie the semantic development or usage of סלה. In Jeremiah 50:26, the imperative verb with a third-person feminine singular suffix appears as סלוה (sallûhā), translated as “pile her up” or “build her up” in reference to Babylon’s storehouses:
Here, סלוה is a clear Qal imperative plural form of סלל with the pronominal suffix הָ- (“her”), demonstrating the verbal usage in an imperative sense corresponding to “cast/build her up.” Similarly, in Isaiah 57:14, the imperative verb סלו (sollû) occurs in a doubling, followed by an imperative פנוּ (“turn/face”):
The base imperative form of the root סלל in the Qal stem is סל (sol), corresponding to the 2nd person masculine singular imperative “cast up” or “build up.” סלה (sōlāh) would be the Qal 2nd person masculine singular imperative of the root ס־ל־ל (s-l-l) with the 3rd person feminine singular suffix -הָ (“her”), meaning “build her up” or “cast her up”. |