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I am likeדָּמִיתִיa pelicanלִקְאַתof the wilderness;מִדְבָּרI have becomeהָיִיתִיlike an owlכְּכוֹסof the ruins.חֳרָבוֹת
Psalms 102:6
Study it in the app“I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the ruins.”
The psalmist feels like a lonely bird on the roofLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 102:6, word by word
- I am likeדָּמִיתִיdamiti
liken
To be like another, or to set one thing beside another as equal.
Where else “damiti” appears- a pelicanקְאַתkeat
pelican
A bird of the wilderness and of ruins; perhaps the pelican.
Where else “keat” appears- of the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- I have becomeהָיִיתִיhayiti
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayiti” appears- like an owlכוֹסchos
owl
A night bird that lives among ruins, which the law does not allow to be eaten.
Where else “chos” appears- of the ruinsחֳרָבוֹתchoravot
ruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “choravot” appears
Translation note
The names of these two birds are not certain; they are birds of lonely places and of ruins.
The context
5Because of the sound of my groaning my bone clings to my flesh.
6 · This verse (above)
7I keep watch, and I am like a bird alone on the roof.