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HowמָהI loveאָהַבְתִּיyour instruction!תוֹרָתֶךָAllכָּלthe dayהַיּוֹםit isהִיאmy meditation.שִׂיחָתִי
Psalms 119:97
Study it in the app“How I love your instruction! All the day it is my meditation.”
“How I love your instruction!” His commandments make the psalmist wiseObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:97, word by word
- I loveאָהַבְתִּיahavti
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahavti” appears- your instructionתוֹרָתֶtorate
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torate” appears- the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- my meditationשִׂיחָתִsichati
meditation, devotion
Meditation, reflection; also prayer made in meditation.
Where else “sichati” appears
The context
96Of all perfection I have seen an end; your commandment is exceedingly broad.
97 · This verse (above)
98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for forever they are with me.