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My tearsדִמְעָתִיhave beenהָיְתָהbreadלֶחֶםfor meלִּיdayיוֹמָםand night,וָלָיְלָהwhile they sayבֶּאֱמֹרto meאֵלַיallכָּלthe day,הַיּוֹם“Where isאַיֵּהyour Elohim?”אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Psalms 42:3
Study it in the app“My tears have been bread for me day and night, while they say to me all the day, “Where is your Elohim?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 42:3, word by word
- My tearsדִמְעָתִdimati
tears, weeping
Tears, weeping. In 2 Kings 20:5 YHWH says to Hezekiah: "I have seen your tears." Frequent in the Psalms and in Jeremiah (Psalm 56:8; Jeremiah 9:1).
Where else “dimati” appears- have beenהָיְתָהhayta
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayta” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- and nightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- while they sayאֱמֹרemor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” appears- the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
2My soul thirsts for Elohim, for the living El; when shall I come and appear before the face of Elohim?
3 · This verse (above)
4These things I remember, and I pour out within me my soul: how I would pass along with the throng; I would walk with them to the house of Elohim, with the voice of shouts of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.