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Forכִּיyou have rescuedחִלַּצְתָּmy soulנַפְשִׁיfrom death,מִמָּוֶתmy eyesעֵינִיfrom tears,מִן דִּמְעָהmy feetרַגְלִיfrom stumbling.מִדֶּחִי
Psalms 116:8
Study it in the app“For you have rescued my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 116:8, word by word
- you have rescuedחִלַּצְתָּchilatsta
deliver
To get someone out of danger.
Where else “chilatsta” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears- from deathמָּוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- my eyesעֵינִeni
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “eni” appears- from tearsדִּמְעָהdima
tears, weeping
Tears, weeping. In 2 Kings 20:5 YHWH says to Hezekiah: "I have seen your tears." Frequent in the Psalms and in Jeremiah (Psalm 56:8; Jeremiah 9:1).
Where else “dima” appears- my feetרַגְלִragli
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragli” appears- from stumblingדֶּחִיdechi
stumbling, fall
A push that makes one fall; a fall, a stumbling.
Where else “dechi” appears
The context
7Return, my soul, to your rest, for YHWH has dealt well with you.
8 · This verse (above)
9I will walk before YHWH in the lands of the living.