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My strengthכֹּחִיhas dried upיָבֵשׁlike a potsherd,כַּחֶרֶשׂand my tongueוּלְשׁוֹנִיsticksמֻדְבָּקto my palate;מַלְקוֹחָיand in the dustוְלַעֲפַרof deathמָוֶתyou lay me.תִּשְׁפְּתֵנִי
Psalms 22:15
Study it in the app“My strength has dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my palate; and in the dust of death you lay me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 22:15, word by word
- My strengthכֹּחִkochi
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “kochi” appears- has dried upיָבֵשׁyavesh
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “yavesh” appears- like a potsherdחֶרֶשׂcheres
earthenware
Baked clay, earthenware; a piece of pottery.
Where else “cheres” appears- and my tongueלְשׁוֹנִleshoni
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshoni” appears- sticksמֻדְבָּקmudbak
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “mudbak” appears- to my palateמַלְקוֹחָmalkoach
palate
The palate, the roof of the mouth.
Where else “malkoach” appears- and in the dustעֲפַרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- of deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- you lay meתִּשְׁפְּתֵtishpte
set on, put
Set, put something in its place (like the pot on the fire); establish.
Where else “tishpte” appears
The context
14Like 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.
15 · This verse (above)
16For dogs have surrounded me; a community of evildoers has encircled me; like a lion, my hands and my feet.