Let my prayerתְּפִלָּתִיbe establishedתִּכּוֹןas incenseקְטֹרֶתbefore you,לְפָנֶיךָthe lifting upמַשְׂאַתof my palmsכַּפַּיas the eveningעָרֶבoffering.מִנְחַת
Psalms 141:2
Study it in the app“Let my prayer be established as incense before you, the lifting up of my palms as the evening offering.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 141:2, word by word
- Let my prayerתְּפִלָּתִtefilati
prayer
Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.
Where else “tefilati” appears- be establishedתִּכּוֹןtikon
be firm
To be steady, well set, not moving.
Where else “tikon” appears- as incenseקְטֹרֶתketoret
incense
Incense: a mixture of spices burned to give sweet-smelling smoke; also the smoke of a burned sacrifice.
Where else “ketoret” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- the lifting upמַשְׂאַתmasat
smoke column
Something that rises high, like a column of smoke going up.
Where else “masat” appears- of my palmsכַּפַּkapa
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kapa” appears- as the eveningעָרֶבarev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “arev” appears- offeringמִנְחַתminchat
offering
An offering to God.
Where else “minchat” appears
The context
1A psalm of David. YHWH, I have called you; hurry to me; listen to my voice when I call to you.
2 · This verse (above)
3Set, YHWH, a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.