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My soulנַפְשִׁיwastes awayכָּלְתָהfor your salvation;לִתְשׁוּעָתְךָyour wordלִדְבָרְךָI have awaited.יִחָלְתִּי
Psalms 119:81
Study it in the app“My soul wastes away for your salvation; your word I have awaited.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:81, word by word
- My soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- wastes awayכָּלְתָהkalta
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “kalta” appears- for your salvationתְשׁוּעָתְteshuat
deliverance
When YHWH rescues.
Where else “teshuat” appears- your wordדְבָרְdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- I have awaitedיִחָלְתִּיyichalti
wait, hope
Wait patiently; hope.
Where else “yichalti” appears
The context
80Let my heart be blameless in your statutes, so that I may not be ashamed.
81 · This verse (above)
82My eyes waste away for your saying, saying, “When will you comfort me?”