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My heartלִבִּיwrithesיָחִילwithin me,בְּקִרְבִּיand the terrorsוְאֵימוֹתof deathמָוֶתhave fallenנָפְלוּupon me.עָלָי
Psalms 55:4
Study it in the app“My heart writhes within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 55:4, word by word
- My heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- writhesיָחִילyachil
writhe
To twist and shudder from sharp pain or from fear.
Where else “yachil” appears- within meקִרְבִּkirbi
inside
One's inner part, one's inmost self.
Where else “kirbi” appears- and the terrorsאֵימוֹתemot
terror
A great fear.
Where else “emot” appears- of deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- have fallenנָפְלוּnaflu
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “naflu” appears
The context
3because of the voice of the enemy, because of the pressure of the wicked; for they bring down upon me wickedness, and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
4 · This verse (above)
5Fear and trembling come upon me, and shuddering covers me.