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I spread outפֵּרַשְׂתִּיmy handsיָדַיto you;אֵלֶיךָmy soulנַפְשִׁיis like an exhaustedכְּ עֲיֵפָהlandאֶרֶץfor you.לְךָSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 143:6
Study it in the app“I spread out my hands to you; my soul is like an exhausted land for you. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 143:6, word by word
- I spread outפֵּרַשְׂתִּיperasti
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “perasti” appears- my handsיָדַyada
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- is like an exhaustedעֲיֵפָהayefa
weary, exhausted
Weary, exhausted, faint; also thirsty, dry.
Where else “ayefa” appears- landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
The context
5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your deeds; on the work of your hands I reflect.
6 · This verse (above)
7Answer me quickly, YHWH; my spirit is consumed; do not hide your face from me, and I would become like those who go down to the pit.