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Behindאָחוֹרand beforeוָקֶדֶםyou have hemmed me in,צַרְתָּנִיand you have laidוַתָּשֶׁתon meעָלַיyour palm.כַּפֶּכָה
Psalms 139:5
Study it in the app“Behind and before you have hemmed me in, and you have laid on me your palm.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 139:5, word by word
- Behindאָחוֹרachor
behind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appears- and beforeקֶדֶםkedem
east
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedem” appears- you have hemmed me inצַרְתָּtsarta
besiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “tsarta” appears- and you have laidתָּשֶׁתtashet
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “tashet” appears- your palmכַּפֶּkape
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kape” appears
The context
4For there is not a word on my tongue— look, YHWH, you know all of it.
5 · This verse (above)
6Too wonderful is knowledge for me; it is high; I cannot reach it.