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Teach meלַמְּדֵנִיto doלַעֲשׂוֹתyour will,רְצוֹנֶךָforכִּיyou areאַתָּהmy Elohim;אֱלוֹהָיmay your goodטוֹבָהspiritרוּחֲךָlead meתַּנְחֵנִיin a landבְּאֶרֶץof level ground.מִישׁוֹר
Psalms 143:10
Study it in the app“Teach me to do your will, for you are my Elohim; may your good spirit lead me in a land of level ground.”
A simple prayer: teach me to do your willGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 143:10, word by word
- Teach meלַמְּדֵlamde
teach
To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.
Where else “lamde” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- your willרְצוֹנֶretsone
will
What one decides as one likes.
Where else “retsone” appears- my Elohimאֱלוֹהָeloha
Eloah, god
Eloah: a name of God, the singular form of Elohim; also any god. It is used mostly in poetry.
Where else “eloha” appears- may your goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- spiritרוּחֲruach
Spirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruach” appears- lead meתַּנְחֵtanche
lead, guide
Lead, guide along the way; bring someone to a place.
Where else “tanche” appears- in a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of level groundמִישׁוֹרmishor
plain
Ground without hills.
Where else “mishor” appears
The context
9Deliver me from my enemies, YHWH; in you I hide.
10 · This verse (above)
11For the sake of your name, YHWH, give me life; in your righteousness bring out from distress my soul.