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WhenכִּיI kept silent,הֶחֱרַשְׁתִּיmy bonesעֲצָמָיwore awayבָּלוּthrough my roaringבְּשַׁאֲגָתִיall the day.כָּל הַיּוֹם
Psalms 32:3
Study it in the app“When I kept silent, my bones wore away through my roaring all the day.”
While he kept silent it weighed on him; when he confessed, God took away his guiltTurning back to GodDavid confesses and God removes the guiltForgiveness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 32:3, word by word
- I kept silentהֶחֱרַשְׁתִּיhecherashti
be silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “hecherashti” appears- my bonesעֲצָמָatsama
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsama” appears- wore awayבָּלוּbalu
wear out
To become old and worn out through use or time, like clothing.
Where else “balu” appears- through my roaringשַׁאֲגָתִshaagati
roaring, groaning
A roar, like a lion's; also the loud groan of a person in distress.
Where else “shaagati” appears- all the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
2Happy is the human being against whom YHWH does not count iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 · This verse (above)
4For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my vigor was turned into the droughts of summer. Selah.