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My stepsאֲשֻׁרַיhave held fastתָּמֹךְto your tracks;בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתֶיךָmy footstepsפְעָמָיhave notבַּלbeen moved.נָמוֹטּוּ
Psalms 17:5
Study it in the app“My steps have held fast to your tracks; my footsteps have not been moved.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 17:5, word by word
- My stepsאֲשֻׁרַashura
step
A step, a footstep.
Where else “ashura” appears- have held fastתָּמֹךְtamoch
hold fast
To grasp something and not let go, or to keep it for oneself.
Where else “tamoch” appears- to your tracksמַעְגְּלוֹתֶיmaglote
path
The path one follows, or one's way of life.
Where else “maglote” appears- my footstepsפְעָמָfeama
step
What is done in walking: the movement of a foot and the print it leaves.
Where else “feama” appears- have notבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears- been movedנָמוֹטּוּnamotu
totter, slip
Totter, slip, lose one's footing.
Where else “namotu” appears
The context
4As for the deeds of human beings, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the paths of the violent.
5 · This verse (above)
6I have called on you, for you will answer me, El; incline your ear to me, hear my saying.