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Betterטוֹבto me isלִיthe instructionתוֹרַתof your mouthפִּיךָthan thousandsמֵאַלְפֵיof goldזָהָבand silver.וָכָסֶף
Psalms 119:72
Study it in the app“Better to me is the instruction of your mouth than thousands of gold and silver.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:72, word by word
- Betterטוֹבtov
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appears- the instructionתוֹרַתtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- of your mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- than thousandsאַלְפֵיalfe
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alfe” appears- of goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- and silverכָסֶףchasef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chasef” appears
The context
71It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn your statutes.
72 · This verse (above)
73Your hands made me and established me; make me understand, and I will learn your commandments.