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Keep meשָׁמְרֵנִיas the pupil of the eye;כְּאִישׁוֹן בַּת עָיִןin the shadowבְּצֵלof your wingsכְּנָפֶיךָhide meתַּסְתִּירֵנִי
Psalms 17:8
Study it in the app“Keep me as the pupil of the eye; in the shadow of your wings hide me”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 17:8, word by word
- Keep meשָׁמְרֵshamre
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shamre” appears- as the pupil of the eyeאִישׁוֹןishon
pupil
The centre of the eye: what one guards most.
Where else “ishon” appears- as the pupil of the eyeבַּתbat
young
Literally "daughter" in set phrases, like the center of the eye or an animal's age.
Where else “bat” appears- as the pupil of the eyeעָיִןayin
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ayin” appears- in the shadowצֵלtsel
shade
Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".
Where else “tsel” appears- of your wingsכְּנָפֶיkenafe
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “kenafe” appears- hide meתַּסְתִּירֵtastire
hide
To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.
Where else “tastire” appears
The context
7Make remarkable your acts of loyal love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge from those who rise up against them.
8 · This verse (above)
9from before the wicked who have devastated me, my deadly enemies, who encircle me.