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The desireתַּאֲוַתof his heartלִבּוֹyou have givenנָתַתָּהhim,לּוֹand the entreatyוַאֲרֶשֶׁתof his lipsשְׂפָתָיוyou have notבַּלwithheld.מָנַעְתָּSelah.סֶּלָה
Psalms 21:2
Study it in the app“The desire of his heart you have given him, and the entreaty of his lips you have not withheld. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 21:2, word by word
- The desireתַּאֲוַתtaavat
desire
A strong longing, good or bad.
Where else “taavat” appears- of his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- you have givenנָתַתָּהnatata
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natata” appears- and the entreatyאֲרֶשֶׁתareshet
request, desire
Request, longing: what someone desires and asks with his lips. It appears only in Psalm 21.
Where else “areshet” appears- of his lipsשְׂפָתָיsefatay
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatay” appears- you have notבַּלbal
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “bal” appears- withheldמָנַעְתָּmanata
withhold
Withhold, refuse, hold back.
Where else “manata” appears- Selahסֶּלָהsela
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
1For the director. A psalm of David. YHWH, in your strength the king is glad, and in your salvation how greatly he is jubilant.
2 · This verse (above)
3For you go out to meet him with blessings of good; you set on his head a crown of fine gold.