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Lookהַבֵּיטto the rightיָמִיןand see:וּרְאֵהthere is noוְאֵיןone who recognizes me;לִי מַכִּירescapeמָנוֹסhas perishedאָבַדfrom me;מִמֶּנִּיthere is no oneאֵיןwho inquiresדּוֹרֵשׁafter my soul.לְנַפְשִׁי
Psalms 142:4
Study it in the app“Look to the right and see: there is no one who recognizes me; escape has perished from me; there is no one who inquires after my soul.”
“No one inquires after my soul,” says David, with a snare hidden on his pathLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 142:4, word by word
- Lookהַבֵּיטhabet
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “habet” appears- to the rightיָמִיןyamin
right side
The right side.
Where else “yamin” appears- and seeרְאֵהree
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appears- one who recognizes meמַכִּירmakir
recognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “makir” appears- escapeמָנוֹסmanos
flight
To run away from a danger to save oneself.
Where else “manos” appears- has perishedאָבַדavad
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avad” appears- who inquiresדּוֹרֵשׁdoresh
require
To investigate, or hold to account.
Where else “doresh” appears- after my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears
The context
3When my spirit grows faint within me, you know my pathway; in the path where I walk they have hidden a snare for me.
4 · This verse (above)
5I have cried out to you, YHWH; I have said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”