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And to meוְלִיhowמַהprecious areיָּקְרוּyour thoughts,רֵעֶיךָEl;אֵלhowמֶהvast isעָצְמוּthe sum of them.רָאשֵׁיהֶם
Psalms 139:17
Study it in the app“And to me how precious are your thoughts, El; how vast is the sum of them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 139:17, word by word
- precious areיָּקְרוּyakru
be precious
To be of great worth to someone.
Where else “yakru” appears- your thoughtsרֵעֶיree
thought
Thought, what someone thinks or has in mind.
Where else “ree” appears- Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- vast isעָצְמוּatsmu
be numerous
To be numerous beyond counting.
Where else “atsmu” appears- the sum of themרָאשֵׁיrashe
total
The total: "take the head" is to count.
Where else “rashe” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18If I count them, they are more than the sand; I awake, and still I am with you.