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Forכִּיafflictedעָנִיand needyוְאֶבְיוֹןam I,אָנֹכִיand my heartוְלִבִּיis piercedחָלַלwithin me.בְּקִרְבִּי
Psalms 109:22
Study it in the app“For afflicted and needy am I, and my heart is pierced within me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 109:22, word by word
- afflictedעָנִיani
poor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “ani” appears- and needyאֶבְיוֹןevyon
needy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyon” appears- and my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- is piercedחָלַלchalal
pierce
Another word spelled the same: to wound fatally.
Where else “chalal” appears- within meקִרְבִּkirbi
inside
One's inner part, one's inmost self.
Where else “kirbi” appears
The context
21But you, YHWH Adonai, deal with me for the sake of your name; for your loyal love is good, deliver me.
22 · This verse (above)
23Like a shadow when it stretches out I am gone; I am shaken off like the locust.