Psalms 22:14

“Like water I have been poured out, and all my bones have come apart; my heart has become like wax, it has melted within my inward parts.”

Psalms 22:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 22:14, word by word

Like waterמַּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
I have been poured outנִשְׁפַּכְתִּיnishpachti

spill

To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.

Where else “nishpachti” appears
my bonesעַצְמוֹתָatsmota

bone

Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.

Where else “atsmota” appears
have come apartהִתְפָּרְדוּhitpardu

separate

To go one's own way, like Abram and Lot.

Where else “hitpardu” appears
my heartלִבִּlibi

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “libi” appears
has becomeהָיָהhaya

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

Where else “haya” appears
like waxדּוֹנָגdonag

wax

Wax: what melts in the heat.

Where else “donag” appears
it has meltedנָמֵסnames

lose heart

To lose courage and strength from fear, as if the heart melted.

Where else “names” appears
withinתוֹךְtoch

inside

The inside of a place or an enclosed space.

Where else “toch” appears
my inward partsמֵעָmea

compassion

What is felt inside: pain, anguish or compassion felt in the bowels.

Where else “mea” appears

The context

13They have opened their mouth against me, a lion that tears and roars.

14 · This verse (above)

15My strength has dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my palate; and in the dust of death you lay me.

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