Psalms 119:97–104

In its context

Its words in the original

• אָהַבְתִּיahavti· love

  Love, have affection for someone: a parent for a child, a husband for a wife, a friend for a friend, a person for God; also like, desire.

• תוֹרָתֶtorate· instruction, law

  "Torah": instruction, teaching that gives direction; hence "law". Later it is the name of the five books of Moses. This translation uses "instruction", and "law" when the body of laws is meant.

• יּוֹםyom· day

  Day: the hours of light, or a whole day from one evening to the next. Also an indefinite time or age ("in the day that...", "in those days").

• שִׂיחָתִsichati· meditation, devotion

  Meditation, reflection; also prayer made in meditation.

• אֹיְבַoyva· enemy

  Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

• תְּחַכְּמֵtechakme· be wise

  Be wise, act wisely; in Exodus 1:10, act shrewdly.

• מִצְוֺתֶmitsvote· commandment

  Commandment: an order given by one in authority; above all, those of God.

• עוֹלָםolam· forever, eternal

  A very long time whose end cannot be seen: looking forward, "forever"; looking back, "of old", "ancient".

• מְלַמְּדַmelamda· teach, learn

  Teach; in another form of the verb, learn.

• הִשְׂכַּלְתִּיhiskalti· act wisely, understand

  Act wisely, understand, have insight; make wise, teach. Also succeed, prosper.

• עֵדְוֺתֶיedvote· testimony

  Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.

• זְּקֵנִיםzekenim· old, elder

  Old, aged. In the plural, "the elders": the older men who led a city or a people.

• אֶתְבּוֹנָןetbonan· understand, discern

  Understand, discern: perceive clearly, distinguish, see what ought to be done.

• פִקּוּדֶיfikude· precepts

  Precepts: what God has charged people to keep. It is used only in the plural and almost only in the Psalms.

• נָצָרְתִּיnatsarti· keep, guard

  Keep, watch over, preserve.

• אֹרַחorach· path, way

  Way, path; one's usual manner. "The way of women" is menstruation. Also a caravan.

• רָעra· evil, bad, harm

  Bad; evil. It includes what is morally wrong and also what does harm: misfortune, disaster, distress.

• כָּלִאתִיkaliti· hold back, restrain

  Hold back, restrain, withhold; keep someone from doing something, prevent.

• רַגְלָragla· foot

  Foot; the foot of an animal; also a step.

• אֶשְׁמֹרeshmor· keep, guard

  Keep: watch over, guard, protect; also keep a command or a covenant, observe.

• דְּבָרֶdevare· word, matter, thing

  Word; what is said. Also "matter" or "thing": what is spoken about, an affair, an event.

• מִּשְׁפָּטֶיmishpate· justice, judgment

  What is right and the decision that establishes it: the judgment of a judge, someone's right, a rule or ordinance, a custom. "Do righteousness and justice" is to treat each one as is due.

• סָרְתִּיsarti· turn aside, remove

  Turn aside, turn away; remove, take away.

• הוֹרֵתָhoreta· shoot, throw; teach

  Throw, cast, shoot arrows; also set or lay. From the same root comes "teach" (point out the way).

• נִּמְלְצוּnimltsu· be smooth, sweet

  To be smooth, pleasant; of words, to be sweet to the taste.

• חִכִּchiki· palate, mouth

  The palate, the inside of the mouth; the mouth as the organ of taste and of speech.

• אִמְרָתֶimrate· word, saying

  Saying, spoken word.

• דְּבַשׁdevash· honey

  Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.

• פִfi· mouth

  Mouth. Also what someone says or commands ("by the mouth of" = by the word of); the edge of a sword; "according to".

• שָׂנֵאתִיsaneti· hate

  Hate. In Hebrew it ranges from the hatred of an enemy to simply "loving less". "Those who hate you" are enemies.

• שָׁקֶרshaker· lie, falsehood

  A lie, deceit; something false or empty. "Falsely" or "in vain" as an adverb.