Answer meעֲנֵנִיquickly,מַהֵרYHWH;יְהוָהmy spiritרוּחִיis consumed;כָּלְתָהdo notאַלhideתַּסְתֵּרyour faceפָּנֶיךָfrom me,מִמֶּנִּיand I would become likeוְנִמְשַׁלְתִּי עִםthose who go downיֹרְדֵיto the pit.בוֹר
Psalms 143:7
Study it in the app“Answer 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 143:7, word by word
- Answer meעֲנֵane
hear prayer
God answers the one who calls on him: with a word, or with an act such as fire.
Where else “ane” appears- quicklyמַהֵרmaher
quickly
Quickly, in haste.
Where else “maher” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- my spiritרוּחִruchi
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruchi” appears- is consumedכָּלְתָהkalta
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “kalta” appears- hideתַּסְתֵּרtaster
hide the face
"Hide the face": withdraw favor.
Where else “taster” appears- your faceפָּנֶיpane
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pane” appears- and I would become likeנִמְשַׁלְתִּיnimshalti
be like
To be similar to something else, or to be compared to it.
Where else “nimshalti” appears- those who go downיֹרְדֵיyorde
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yorde” appears- to the pitבוֹרvor
grave
The place where the dead go down; the grave.
Where else “vor” appears
The context
6I spread out my hands to you; my soul is like an exhausted land for you. Selah.
7 · This verse (above)
8Let me hear in the morning your loyal love, for in you I trust; make me know the way in which I should walk, for to you I have lifted up my soul.