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Elohim,אֱלֹהִיםhearשְׁמַעmy prayer;תְּפִלָּתִיgive earהַאֲזִינָהto the wordsלְאִמְרֵיof my mouth.פִי
Psalms 54:2
Study it in the app“Elohim, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 54:2, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- hearשְׁמַעshema
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appears- my prayerתְּפִלָּתִtefilati
prayer
Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.
Where else “tefilati” appears- give earהַאֲזִינָhaazina
listen, give ear
Give ear, listen carefully.
Where else “haazina” appears- to the wordsאִמְרֵיimre
words, sayings
Words, sayings. In Genesis 49:21, some read "fawns".
Where else “imre” appears- of my mouthפִfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears
The context
1For the director. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?” Elohim, by your name save me, and by your might judge me.
2 · This verse (above)
3For strangers have risen up against me, and tyrants seek my soul; they have not set Elohim before them. Selah.