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Their heartלִבָּםis grossטָפַשׁlike fat;כַּחֵלֶבIאֲנִיdelight inשִׁעֲשָׁעְתִּיyour instruction.תּוֹרָתְךָ
Psalms 119:70
Study it in the app“Their heart is gross like fat; I delight in your instruction.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:70, word by word
- Their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- is grossטָפַשׁtafash
be gross, unfeeling
To be thick, dull; figuratively, to be dull or insensitive, with a heart hardened like fat.
Where else “tafash” appears- like fatחֵלֶבchelev
fat
The soft white tissue around an animal's insides, burned for YHWH.
Where else “chelev” appears- delight inשִׁעֲשָׁעְתִּיshiashati
delight
To take joy; be cuddled like a child.
Where else “shiashati” appears- your instructionתּוֹרָתְtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears
The context
69The insolent have smeared lies against me; I, with all my heart, will guard your precepts.
70 · This verse (above)
71It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn your statutes.