You hide themתַּסְתִּירֵםin the hiding placeבְּסֵתֶרof your faceפָּנֶיךָfrom the conspiraciesמֵרֻכְסֵיof man;אִישׁyou keep themתִּצְפְּנֵםin a shelterבְּסֻכָּהfrom the strifeמֵרִיבof tongues.לְשֹׁנוֹת
Psalms 31:20
Study it in the app“You hide them in the hiding place of your face from the conspiracies of man; you keep them in a shelter from the strife of tongues.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 31:20, word by word
- You hide themתַּסְתִּירֵtastire
hide
To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.
Where else “tastire” appears- in the hiding placeסֵתֶרseter
hiding place
A place where someone hides or is kept safe, as under God's shelter.
Where else “seter” appears- of your faceפָּנֶיpane
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pane” appears- from the conspiraciesרֻכְסֵיruchse
plots
Entanglement, conspiracy: what several plot, binding themselves together against someone. A rare word, its sense not fully certain.
Where else “ruchse” appears- of manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- you keep themתִּצְפְּנֵtitspne
hide
To put something away in secret, safe.
Where else “titspne” appears- in a shelterסֻכָּהsuka
booth
A cover of branches, as at the feast.
Where else “suka” appears- from the strifeרִיבriv
case
A matter brought before the judge.
Where else “riv” appears- of tonguesלְשֹׁנוֹתleshonot
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshonot” appears
The context
19How great is your goodness that you have kept for those who fear you, that you have worked for those who take refuge in you before human beings!
20 · This verse (above)
21Blessed be YHWH, for he has made wonderful his loyal love to me in a city under siege.