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And if I say,וָאֹמַר“Surelyאַךְdarknessחֹשֶׁךְwill cover me,יְשׁוּפֵנִיand the lightוְ אוֹרaround meבַּעֲדֵנִיbecome night,”לַיְלָה
Psalms 139:11
Study it in the app“And if I say, “Surely darkness will cover me, and the light around me become night,””
David asks where he could flee from God, and finds God is there tooWho God Is
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 139:11, word by word
- And if I sayאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
darkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appears- will cover meיְשׁוּפֵyeshufe
wrap around
Wrap around completely.
Where else “yeshufe” appears- and the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- become nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears
The context
10even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will take hold of me.
11 · This verse (above)
12even darkness is not dark to you, and the night shines like the day; as the darkness, so the light.