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and you have notוְלֹאhanded me overהִסְגַּרְתַּנִיinto the handבְּיַדof the enemy;אוֹיֵבyou have setהֶעֱמַדְתָּin a broad placeבַמֶּרְחָבmy feet.רַגְלָי
Psalms 31:8
Study it in the app“and you have not handed me over into the hand of the enemy; you have set in a broad place my feet.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 31:8, word by word
- handed me overהִסְגַּרְתַּhisgarta
hand over
To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.
Where else “hisgarta” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of the enemyאוֹיֵבoyev
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyev” appears- you have setהֶעֱמַדְתָּheemadta
appoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “heemadta” appears- in a broad placeמֶּרְחָבmerchav
broad place
A spacious, wide, open place: the opposite of narrowness and distress. An image of freedom and relief.
Where else “merchav” appears- my feetרַגְלָragla
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragla” appears
The context
7I will be jubilant and be glad in your loyal love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distresses of my soul,
8 · This verse (above)
9Show me favor, YHWH, for I am in distress; my eye has wasted away with grief, my soul and my belly.