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Youאַתָּהknowיָדַעְתָּmy sitting downשִׁבְתִּיand my rising up;וְקוּמִיyou understandבַּנְתָּהmy thoughtלְרֵעִיfrom afar.מֵרָחוֹק
Psalms 139:2
Study it in the app“You know my sitting down and my rising up; you understand my thought from afar.”
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With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 139:2, word by word
- knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appears- my sitting downשִׁבְתִּshivti
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “shivti” appears- and my rising upקוּמִkumi
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kumi” appears- you understandבַּנְתָּהbanta
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “banta” appears- my thoughtרֵעִrei
thought
Thought, what someone thinks or has in mind.
Where else “rei” appears- from afarרָחוֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears
The context
1For the director. Of David. A psalm. YHWH, you have examined me and known me.
2 · This verse (above)
3My path and my lying down you have sifted, and all my ways you are familiar with.