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Forכִּיthe enemyאוֹיֵבhas pursuedרָדַףmy soul;נַפְשִׁיhe has crushedדִּכָּאto the groundלָאָרֶץmy life;חַיָּתִיhe has made me dwellהוֹשִׁיבַנִיin dark placesבְמַחֲשַׁכִּיםlike those deadכְּמֵתֵיlong ago.עוֹלָם
Psalms 143:3
Study it in the app“For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed to the ground my life; he has made me dwell in dark places like those dead long ago.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 143:3, word by word
- the enemyאוֹיֵבoyev
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyev” appears- has pursuedרָדַףradaf
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “radaf” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- he has crushedדִּכָּאdika
crush
To grind down, oppress the weak.
Where else “dika” appears- to the groundאָרֶץarets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears- my lifeחַיָּתִchayati
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayati” appears- he has made me dwellהוֹשִׁיבַhoshiva
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “hoshiva” appears- in dark placesמַחֲשַׁכִּיםmachashakim
dark place
Darkness, a hiding place in the dark.
Where else “machashakim” appears- like those deadמֵתֵיmete
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mete” appears- long agoעוֹלָםolam
of old
The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
2And do not enter into judgment with your servant, for before you no living one will be righteous.
3 · This verse (above)
4And my spirit grows faint within me; in my midst my heart is desolate.