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ThenאָזI said,אָמַרְתִּי“Look,הִנֵּהI have come;בָאתִיin the scrollבִּמְגִלַּתof the bookסֵפֶרit is writtenכָּתוּבof me.עָלָי
Psalms 40:7
Study it in the app“Then I said, “Look, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 40:7, word by word
- I saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- I have comeבָאתִיvati
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vati” appears- in the scrollמְגִלַּתmegilat
scroll
Scroll: a long strip of skin or papyrus, written and rolled up; this was the form of books.
Where else “megilat” appears- of the bookסֵפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears- it is writtenכָּתוּבkatuv
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “katuv” appears
The context
6Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; ears you have opened for me; burnt offering and sin offering you did not ask.
7 · This verse (above)
8To do your will, my Elohim, I have desired, and your instruction is within my inward parts.”