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Howמַהsweet isנִּמְלְצוּyour sayingאִמְרָתֶךָto my palate,לְחִכִּיmore than honeyמִדְּבַשׁto my mouth!לְפִי
Psalms 119:103
Study it in the app“How sweet is your saying to my palate, more than honey to my mouth!”
“How I love your instruction!” His commandments make the psalmist wiseObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:103, word by word
- sweet isנִּמְלְצוּnimltsu
be smooth, sweet
To be smooth, pleasant; of words, to be sweet to the taste.
Where else “nimltsu” appears- your sayingאִמְרָתֶimrate
word, saying
Saying, spoken word.
Where else “imrate” appears- to my palateחִכִּchiki
palate, mouth
The palate, the inside of the mouth; the mouth as the organ of taste and of speech.
Where else “chiki” appears- more than honeyדְּבַשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” appears- to my mouthפִfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears
The context
102From your rules I have not turned away, for you have instructed me.
103 · This verse (above)
104From your precepts I gain understanding; therefore I hate every path of lying.