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Like a shadowכְּצֵלwhen it stretches outכִּנְטוֹתוֹI am gone;נֶהֱלָכְתִּיI am shaken offנִנְעַרְתִּיlike the locust.כָּאַרְבֶּה
Psalms 109:23
Study it in the app“Like a shadow when it stretches out I am gone; I am shaken off like the locust.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 109:23, word by word
- Like a shadowצֵלtsel
shadow
A shadow: the dark shape something leaves when it blocks the light, and which soon passes.
Where else “tsel” appears- when it stretches outנְטוֹתnetot
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “netot” appears- I am goneנֶהֱלָכְתִּיnehelachti
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “nehelachti” appears- I am shaken offנִנְעַרְתִּיninarti
shake off
Shake, throw off with a jolt.
Where else “ninarti” appears- like the locustאַרְבֶּהarbe
locust
Locust: an insect that comes in huge swarms and devours everything green.
Where else “arbe” appears
The context
22For afflicted and needy am I, and my heart is pierced within me.
23 · This verse (above)
24My knees give way from fasting, and my flesh has grown lean, without fat.