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My kneesבִּרְכַּיgive wayכָּשְׁלוּfrom fasting,מִצּוֹםand my fleshוּבְשָׂרִיhas grown lean,כָּחַשׁwithout fat.מִשָּׁמֶן
Psalms 109:24
Study it in the app“My knees give way from fasting, and my flesh has grown lean, without fat.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 109:24, word by word
- My kneesבִּרְכַּbirka
knee
Knee.
Where else “birka” appears- give wayכָּשְׁלוּkashlu
falter
To grow weak.
Where else “kashlu” appears- from fastingצּוֹםtsom
fast
Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.
Where else “tsom” appears- and my fleshבְשָׂרִvesari
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “vesari” appears- has grown leanכָּחַשׁkachash
grow lean
To become lean and without strength.
Where else “kachash” appears- without fatשָּׁמֶןshamen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shamen” appears
The context
23Like a shadow when it stretches out I am gone; I am shaken off like the locust.
24 · This verse (above)
25And I have become a reproach to them; they see me, they shake their head.