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My woundsחַבּוּרֹתָיstink,הִבְאִישׁוּthey festerנָמַקּוּbecause ofמִפְּנֵיmy folly.אִוַּלְתִּי
Psalms 38:5
Study it in the app“My wounds stink, they fester because of my folly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 38:5, word by word
- My woundsחַבּוּרֹתָchaburota
bruise
Blow, bruise, welt.
Where else “chaburota” appears- stinkהִבְאִישׁוּhivishu
stink
To give off a bad smell, like what rots or is fouled.
Where else “hivishu” appears- they festerנָמַקּוּnamaku
waste away, rot
Waste away, melt away little by little, rot.
Where else “namaku” appears- because ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- my follyאִוַּלְתִּivalti
folly
Folly: acting without thinking, without regard for God or for the consequences.
Where else “ivalti” appears
The context
4For my iniquities have passed over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 · This verse (above)
6I am twisted, bowed down greatly; all the day in mourning I go about.