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From allמִכָּלmy transgressionsפְּשָׁעַיdeliver me;הַצִּילֵנִיdo notאַלmake meתְּשִׂימֵנִיthe reproachחֶרְפַּתof the fool.נָבָל
Psalms 39:8
Study it in the app“From all my transgressions deliver me; do not make me the reproach of the fool.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 39:8, word by word
- my transgressionsפְּשָׁעַpeshaa
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “peshaa” appears- deliver meהַצִּילֵhatsile
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsile” appears- make meתְּשִׂימֵtesime
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “tesime” appears- the reproachחֶרְפַּתcherpat
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpat” appears- of the foolנָבָלnaval
foolish, fool
Foolish, a fool: not one who knows little, but one who lives without regard for God.
Where else “naval” appears
The context
7And now, what have I waited for, Adonai? My expectation is in you.
8 · This verse (above)
9I have become mute; I will not open my mouth, for you have done it.