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As for the holy onesלִקְדוֹשִׁיםwhoאֲשֶׁרare in the land,בָּאָרֶץtheyהֵמָּהand the nobles,וְאַדִּירֵיallכָּלmy pleasureחֶפְצִיis in them.בָם
Psalms 16:3
Study it in the app“As for the holy ones who are in the land, they and the nobles, all my pleasure is in them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 16:3, word by word
- As for the holy onesקְדוֹשִׁיםkedoshim
holy
Set apart for God, distinct from the common.
Where else “kedoshim” appears- are in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and the noblesאַדִּירֵיadire
noble
The important men of a people, those of highest rank.
Where else “adire” appears- my pleasureחֶפְצִcheftsi
delight
What pleases someone.
Where else “cheftsi” appears
Translation note
The syntax of this verse is difficult in Hebrew; it is translated word for word.
The context
2You have said to YHWH, “You are Adonai; my good is not apart from you.”
3 · This verse (above)
4The sorrows of those who hurry after another god will multiply. I will not pour out their libations of blood, nor lift their names on my lips.