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I became muteנֶאֱלַמְתִּיin silence;דוּמִיָּהI kept quietהֶחֱשֵׁיתִיeven from good,מִטּוֹבand my painוּכְאֵבִיwas stirred up.נֶעְכָּר
Psalms 39:2
Study it in the app“I became mute in silence; I kept quiet even from good, and my pain was stirred up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 39:2, word by word
- I became muteנֶאֱלַמְתִּיneelamti
be mute
To lose one's voice, from pain, astonishment or a command of God.
Where else “neelamti” appears- in silenceדוּמִיָּהdumiya
silence, stillness
Silence, stillness: being quiet and calm; also the rest of one who waits trustingly.
Where else “dumiya” appears- I kept quietהֶחֱשֵׁיתִיhechesheti
be silent, be still
Be silent, keep still without doing anything.
Where else “hechesheti” appears- even from goodטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- and my painכְאֵבִcheevi
pain, suffering
Pain, suffering. It may be pain of the body or inward pain, of grief.
Where else “cheevi” appears- was stirred upנֶעְכָּרnekar
trouble
Bring trouble or disaster on someone; stir up.
Where else “nekar” appears
The context
1For the director. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I said, “I will keep my ways from sinning with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a muzzle while the wicked is before me.”
2 · This verse (above)
3My heart grew hot within me; in my murmuring a fire burned; I spoke with my tongue: