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By nightלַיְלָהmy bonesעֲצָמַיare piercedנִקַּרin me,מֵעָלָיand those gnawing meוְעֹרְקַיdo notלֹאlie down.יִשְׁכָּבוּן
Study it in the app“By night my bones are pierced in me, and those gnawing me do not lie down.”
By nightלַיְלָהmy bonesעֲצָמַיare piercedנִקַּרin me,מֵעָלָיand those gnawing meוְעֹרְקַיdo notלֹאlie down.יִשְׁכָּבוּן
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsbone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsama” appearsgouge out, bore
Bore through, dig out; said of the eyes, gouge them out.
Where else “nikar” appearsgnaw
To gnaw; also, what gnaws: a pain that does not stop.
Where else “orka” appearslie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “yishkavu” appears16And now within me my soul is poured out; days of affliction seize me.
17 · This verse (above)
18With great force my garment is disfigured; like the collar of my tunic it binds me.