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My soulנַפְשִׁיis in my palmבְכַפִּיcontinually,תָמִידyet your instructionוְתוֹרָתְךָI have notלֹאforgotten.שָׁכָחְתִּי
Psalms 119:109
Study it in the app“My soul is in my palm continually, yet your instruction I have not forgotten.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:109, word by word
- My soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- is in my palmכַפִּchapi
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chapi” appears- continuallyתָמִידtamid
continually
Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.
Where else “tamid” appears- yet your instructionתוֹרָתְtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- forgottenשָׁכָחְתִּיshachachti
forget
Forget.
Where else “shachachti” appears
Translation note
“My soul in my palm”: a Hebrew expression meaning that one’s life is in danger, like something carried in the hand that can be lost.
The context
108Accept, please, YHWH, the freewill offerings of my mouth, and teach me your rules.
109 · This verse (above)
110The wicked have laid a snare for me, but from your precepts I have not gone astray.