You lay outתַּעֲרֹךְbefore meלְפָנַיa tableשֻׁלְחָןin front ofנֶגֶדmy adversaries;צֹרְרָיyou anointדִּשַּׁנְתָּmy headרֹאשִׁיwith oil;בַשֶּׁמֶןmy cupכּוֹסִיoverflows.רְוָיָה
Psalms 23:5
Study it in the app“You lay out before me a table in front of my adversaries; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.”
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With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 23:5, word by word
- You lay outתַּעֲרֹךְtaaroch
arrange
To set things in a row and in order, like bread on the table.
Where else “taaroch” appears- before meפָנַfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears- a tableשֻׁלְחָןshulchan
table
A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.
Where else “shulchan” appears- in front ofנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- my adversariesצֹרְרָtsorra
harass
To be someone's enemy.
Where else “tsorra” appears- you anointדִּשַּׁנְתָּdishanta
anoint
To pour oil on the head.
Where else “dishanta” appears- my headרֹאשִׁroshi
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshi” appears- with oilשֶּׁמֶןshemen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appears- my cupכּוֹסִkosi
cup
A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.
Where else “kosi” appears- overflowsרְוָיָהrevaya
abundance, overflow
An overflowing abundance: being filled until running over.
Where else “revaya” appears
The context
4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not fear evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5 · This verse (above)
6Only good and loyal love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will return to the house of YHWH for length of days.