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They almostכִּמְעַטmade an end of meכִּלּוּנִיon the earth,בָאָרֶץbut Iוַאֲנִיhave notלֹאabandonedעָזַבְתִּיyour precepts.פִקֻּודֶיךָ
Psalms 119:87
Study it in the app“They almost made an end of me on the earth, but I have not abandoned your precepts.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:87, word by word
- They almostמְעַטmeat
almost
A short while, or very nearly: barely, by a little.
Where else “meat” appears- made an end of meכִּלּוּkilu
destroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “kilu” appears- on the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- abandonedעָזַבְתִּיazavti
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azavti” appears- your preceptsפִקֻּודֶיfikuvde
precepts
Precepts: what God has charged people to keep. It is used only in the plural and almost only in the Psalms.
Where else “fikuvde” appears
The context
86All your commandments are faithfulness; with lies they pursue me; help me!
87 · This verse (above)
88According to your loyal love give me life, and I will keep the testimony of your mouth.