Psalms 139:15

“My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in secret, embroidered in the depths of the earth.”

Psalms 139:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
Study it in the app

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

15

Psalms 139:15, word by word

My bonesעָצְמִatsmi

body

The frame, the body.

Where else “atsmi” appears
hiddenנִכְחַדnichchad

hide

To hide something, keep silent about it.

Where else “nichchad” appears
I was madeעֻשֵּׂיתִיuseti

make

To build or create something.

Where else “useti” appears
in secretסֵּתֶרseter

secret

What is kept hidden, out of the sight of others.

Where else “seter” appears
embroideredרֻקַּמְתִּיrukamti

fashion

To fashion skillfully, like the body in secret.

Where else “rukamti” appears
in the depthsתַחְתִּיּוֹתtachtiyot

lowest

Lowest, the lower level; the depths.

Where else “tachtiyot” appears
of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears

The context

14I will give you thanks, for fearfully I have been wonderfully made; wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it very well.

15 · This verse (above)

16My embryo your eyes saw; and in your book all of them were written, the days that were formed, when there was not one of them.

Read all of Psalms 139

How to use it