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Turn awayהַעֲבֵרmy eyesעֵינַיfrom looking atמֵרְאוֹתfalsehood;שָׁוְאin your wayבִּדְרָכֶךָgive me life.חַיֵּנִי
Psalms 119:37
Study it in the app“Turn away my eyes from looking at falsehood; in your way give me life.”
Turn my eyes from looking at falsehood; give me life in your wayPurity
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:37, word by word
- Turn awayהַעֲבֵרhaaver
bring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “haaver” appears- my eyesעֵינַena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- from looking atרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- falsehoodשָׁוְאshav
falsehood
Something false, like false testimony.
Where else “shav” appears- in your wayדְרָכֶderache
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derache” appears- give me lifeחַיֵּchaye
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “chaye” appears
The context
36Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to gain.
37 · This verse (above)
38Confirm to your servant your saying, which leads to the fear of you.