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With rebukesבְּתוֹכָחוֹתfor iniquityעַל עָוֺןyou correctיִסַּרְתָּa man,אִישׁand you melt awayוַתֶּמֶסlike a mothכָּעָשׁwhat he treasures;חֲמוּדוֹonlyאַךְa vaporהֶבֶלis everyכָּלhuman being.אָדָםSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 39:11
Study it in the app“With rebukes for iniquity you correct a man, and you melt away like a moth what he treasures; only a vapor is every human being. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 39:11, word by word
- With rebukesתוֹכָחוֹתtochachot
rebuke
Words that correct a fault.
Where else “tochachot” appears- for iniquityעָוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- you correctיִסַּרְתָּyisarta
discipline, correct
Correct, discipline, teach firmly, as a father his son; also punish.
Where else “yisarta” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- and you melt awayתֶּמֶסtemes
melt
To melt something until it dissolves, like ice; also, to take away courage.
Where else “temes” appears- like a mothעָשׁash
moth
An insect that eats clothing.
Where else “ash” appears- what he treasuresחֲמוּדchamud
precious
What is desirable, valuable.
Where else “chamud” appears- a vaporהֶבֶלhevel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevel” appears- human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
The context
10Remove from upon me your plague; by the blow of your hand I am spent.
11 · This verse (above)
12Hear my prayer, YHWH, and to my cry for help give ear; to my tears do not be deaf, for a resident alien I am with you, a temporary resident like all my fathers.