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You have turnedהָפַכְתָּmy mourningמִסְפְּדִיinto dancingלְמָחוֹלfor me;לִיyou have loosedפִּתַּחְתָּmy sackclothשַׂקִּיand girded meוַתְּאַזְּרֵנִיwith gladness,שִׂמְחָה
Psalms 30:11
Study it in the app“You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; you have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,”
The psalmist thanks God for turning his mourning into dancingJoy and thanks
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 30:11, word by word
- You have turnedהָפַכְתָּhafachta
change
To change something into something else.
Where else “hafachta” appears- my mourningמִסְפְּדִmispdi
lamentation
Lamentation: public expressions of grief for the dead.
Where else “mispdi” appears- into dancingמָחוֹלmachol
dance
Dance: the round dance with which joy is celebrated.
Where else “machol” appears- you have loosedפִּתַּחְתָּpitachta
set free
To free a prisoner, or remove a load.
Where else “pitachta” appears- my sackclothשַׂקִּsaki
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “saki” appears- and girded meתְּאַזְּרֵteazre
gird
To gird: to fasten clothing or weapons at the waist for work or for battle; figuratively, to be filled with strength.
Where else “teazre” appears- with gladnessשִׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears
The context
10Hear, YHWH, and show me favor; YHWH, be my helper.
11 · This verse (above)
12so that my glory may sing psalms to you and not be silent. YHWH my Elohim, forever I will give you thanks.