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I will give you thanks,אוֹדְךָforעַל כִּיfearfullyנוֹרָאוֹתI have been wonderfully made;נִפְלֵיתִיwonderful areנִפְלָאִיםyour works,מַעֲשֶׂיךָand my soulוְנַפְשִׁיknows itיֹדַעַתvery well.מְאֹד
Psalms 139:14
Study it in the app“I will give you thanks, for fearfully I have been wonderfully made; wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it very well.”
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 139:14, word by word
- I will give you thanksאוֹדְod
give thanks
To thank YHWH and praise him aloud for what he did.
Where else “od” appears- fearfullyנוֹרָאוֹתnoraot
be fearsome
To be so great or powerful that one inspires awe and respect.
Where else “noraot” appears- I have been wonderfully madeנִפְלֵיתִיnifleti
make a distinction
Make a distinction, treat differently, set apart.
Where else “nifleti” appears- wonderful areנִפְלָאִיםniflaim
wonder
What YHWH does, beyond what a person can do or understand.
Where else “niflaim” appears- your worksמַעֲשֶׂיmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- and my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- knows itיֹדַעַתyodaat
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodaat” appears- very wellמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears
The context
13For you created my kidneys; you wove me in the womb of my mother.
14 · This verse (above)
15My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in secret, embroidered in the depths of the earth.