#5326 Anticipation for the Right Translation!
Shalom U’vrachah. Dear Rabbeinu Shalit"a, our shul President Rafael is asking for the translation of the word ישברו in Tehillim 145 - עיני כל אליך ישברו. And also wants to know if there is a different meaning in Tehillim 146 . ’אשרי שאל יעקב בעזרו שברו על ה אלוקיו. Thanks!
The common translation is; “The eyes of all look to You expectantly,” Art Scroll and others translate as “hope.”
Some relate the above to the term used in the versicle: ’וַיַּ֣רְא יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּ֥י יֶשׁ־שֶׁ֖בֶר בְּמִצְרָ֑י - When Jacob saw that there were food rations to be had in Egypt, (Bereshis 24: 1).
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: March 7, 2025