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My soulנַפְשִׁיis crushedגָּרְסָהwith longingלְתַאֲבָהforאֶלyour rulesמִשְׁפָּטֶיךָat allבְכָלtimes.עֵת
Psalms 119:20
Study it in the app“My soul is crushed with longing for your rules at all times.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:20, word by word
- My soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- is crushedגָּרְסָהgarsa
waste away
To be worn away inside with longing.
Where else “garsa” appears- with longingתַאֲבָהtaava
longing
Longing, intense desire.
Where else “taava” appears- your rulesמִשְׁפָּטֶיmishpate
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpate” appears- timesעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears
The context
19A resident alien I am on the earth; do not hide from me your commandments.
20 · This verse (above)
21You have rebuked the insolent, the cursed, those who stray from your commandments.