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I understandאֶתְבּוֹנָןmore than the elders,מִזְּקֵנִיםforכִּיyour preceptsפִקּוּדֶיךָI have guarded.נָצָרְתִּי
Psalms 119:100
Study it in the app“I understand more than the elders, for your precepts I have guarded.”
“How I love your instruction!” His commandments make the psalmist wiseObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:100, word by word
- I understandאֶתְבּוֹנָןetbonan
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “etbonan” appears- more than the eldersזְּקֵנִיםzekenim
old
A person of many years.
Where else “zekenim” appears- your preceptsפִקּוּדֶיfikude
precepts
Precepts: what God has charged people to keep. It is used only in the plural and almost only in the Psalms.
Where else “fikude” appears- I have guardedנָצָרְתִּיnatsarti
guard
To be watchful in looking after and protecting someone or something.
Where else “natsarti” appears
The context
99I have more insight than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
100 · This verse (above)
101From every evil path I have held back my feet, so that I may keep your word.