Psalm 72:14
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
He will rescueיִגְאַ֣ל
(yig·'al)
1350: to redeem, act as kinsmana prim. root
their lifeנַפְשָׁ֑ם
(naf·sham;)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
from oppressionמִתֹּ֣וךְ
(mit·to·vch)
8496: injury, oppressionfrom an unused word
and violence,וּ֭מֵחָמָס
(u·me·cha·mas)
2555: violence, wrongfrom chamas
And their bloodדָּמָ֣ם
(da·mam)
1818: blooda prim. root
will be preciousוְיֵיקַ֖ר
(ve·yei·kar)
3365: to be precious, prized or appraiseda prim. root
in his sight;בְּעֵינָֽיו׃
(be·'ei·nav.)
5869: an eyeof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
He shall redeem
ga'al  (gaw-al')
to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.);
their soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
from deceit
tok  (toke)
oppression -- deceit, fraud.
and violence
chamac  (khaw-mawce')
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain -- cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
and precious
yaqar  (yaw-kar')
apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit) -- be (make) precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw.
shall their blood
dam  (dawm)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
be in his sight
`ayin  (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He will rescue their life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be precious in his sight;

King James Bible
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their lives are precious in his sight.

International Standard Version
He will redeem them from oppression and violence, since their lives are precious in his sight.

NET Bible
From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He redeems their souls from fraud and from evil; their blood is precious in his eyes.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He will rescue them from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

King James 2000 Bible
He shall redeem their souls from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
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