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Forכִּיyouאַתָּהcreatedקָנִיתָmy kidneys;כִלְיֹתָיyou wove meתְּסֻכֵּנִיin the wombבְּבֶטֶןof my mother.אִמִּי
Psalms 139:13
Study it in the app“For you created my kidneys; you wove me in the womb of my mother.”
David finds himself woven by God in his mother's wombCreationDavid: God wove him in the womb and saw his embryoPurpose
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 139:13, word by word
- createdקָנִיתָkanita
acquire
To get something: "get wisdom".
Where else “kanita” appears- my kidneysכִלְיֹתָchilyota
kidneys
An animal's kidneys.
Where else “chilyota” appears- you wove meתְּסֻכֵּtesuke
weave
To knit the body in the womb.
Where else “tesuke” appears- in the wombבֶטֶןveten
womb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “veten” appears- of my motherאִמִּimi
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appears
Translation note
“Kidneys”: for the Hebrews, the innermost part of the person, where the affections are felt and desires are formed.
The context
12even darkness is not dark to you, and the night shines like the day; as the darkness, so the light.
13 · This verse (above)
14I will give you thanks, for fearfully I have been wonderfully made; wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it very well.