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Look,הֵןyou delight inחָפַצְתָּtruthאֱמֶתin the inward parts,בַטֻּחוֹתand in the hidden partוּבְסָתֻםyou make me knowתוֹדִיעֵנִיwisdom.חָכְמָה
Psalms 51:6
Study it in the app“Look, you delight in truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part you make me know wisdom.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 51:6, word by word
- you delight inחָפַצְתָּchafatsta
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “chafatsta” appears- truthאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- in the inward partsטֻּחוֹתtuchot
inward parts
The inmost parts of a person, the hidden inner being. A word of uncertain sense; only plural.
Where else “tuchot” appears- and in the hidden partסָתֻםsatum
keep secret
To keep something shut and out of sight, like a secret no one knows.
Where else “satum” appears- you make me knowתוֹדִיעֵtodie
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “todie” appears- wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears
Translation note
“In the inward parts”: the Hebrew word is rare; it designates what is most inward in a person.
The context
5Look, in iniquity I was brought forth, and in sin my mother conceived me.
6 · This verse (above)
7Cleanse me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.