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evenגַּםdarknessחֹשֶׁךְis notלֹאdarkיַחְשִׁיךְto you,מִמֶּךָand the nightוְלַיְלָהshinesיָאִירlike the day;כַּיּוֹםas the darkness,כַּחֲשֵׁיכָהso the light.כָּאוֹרָה
Psalms 139:12
Study it in the app“even darkness is not dark to you, and the night shines like the day; as the darkness, so the light.”
David asks where he could flee from God, and finds God is there tooWho God Is
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 139:12, word by word
- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
darkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appears- darkיַחְשִׁיךְyachshich
grow dark
Grow dark; darken.
Where else “yachshich” appears- and the nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- shinesיָאִירyair
give light
To fill with light and drive away darkness; also to light a lamp.
Where else “yair” appears- like the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- as the darknessחֲשֵׁיכָהchashecha
darkness
Darkness.
Where else “chashecha” appears- so the lightאוֹרָהora
light
Brightness that gladdens; a picture of joy and salvation.
Where else “ora” appears
The context
11And if I say, “Surely darkness will cover me, and the light around me become night,”
12 · This verse (above)
13For you created my kidneys; you wove me in the womb of my mother.