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Rather,אִם לֹאI have calmedשִׁוִּיתִיand quietedוְדוֹמַמְתִּיmy soul,נַפְשִׁיlike a weaned childכְּגָמֻלwith its mother;עֲלֵי אִמּוֹlike the weaned childכַּגָּמֻלwithin meעָלַיis my soul.נַפְשִׁי
Psalms 131:2
Study it in the app“Rather, I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like the weaned child within me is my soul.”
A calmed and quieted soul, like a weaned child with its motherPeace and Anxiety
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 131:2, word by word
- I have calmedשִׁוִּיתִיshiviti
calm
To calm the soul.
Where else “shiviti” appears- and quietedדוֹמַמְתִּיdomamti
be silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “domamti” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- like a weaned childגָמֻלgamul
wean
To stop nursing a child.
Where else “gamul” appears- with its motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears
The context
1A song of the ascents. Of David. YHWH, my heart has not been lifted up, nor have my eyes been raised high, nor have I walked in great things or in things too wonderful for me.
2 · This verse (above)
3Let Israel await YHWH from now and forever.