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My pathאָרְחִיand my lying downוְרִבְעִיyou have sifted,זֵרִיתָand allוְכָלmy waysדְּרָכַיyou are familiar with.הִסְכַּנְתָּה
Psalms 139:3
Study it in the app“My path and my lying down you have sifted, and all my ways you are familiar with.”
God searches and knows every step and every wordPurpose
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 139:3, word by word
- My pathאָרְחִarchi
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “archi” appears- and my lying downרִבְעִrivi
lying down
Lying down, the time when one stretches out to rest.
Where else “rivi” appears- you have siftedזֵרִיתָzerita
winnow
To toss grain in the air to remove the chaff.
Where else “zerita” appears- my waysדְּרָכַderacha
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “deracha” appears- you are familiar withהִסְכַּנְתָּהhiskanta
be accustomed
To be used to something.
Where else “hiskanta” appears
The context
2You know my sitting down and my rising up; you understand my thought from afar.
3 · This verse (above)
4For there is not a word on my tongue— look, YHWH, you know all of it.