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My wanderingנֹדִיyou yourselfאָתָּהhave counted;סָפַרְתָּהputשִׂימָהmy tearsדִמְעָתִיin your skin bottle;בְנֹאדֶךָare they notהֲלֹאin your book?בְּסִפְרָתֶךָ
Psalms 56:8
Study it in the app“My wandering you yourself have counted; put my tears in your skin bottle; are they not in your book?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 56:8, word by word
- My wanderingנֹדִnodi
wandering
Wandering, the life of a fugitive who goes from place to place.
Where else “nodi” appears- have countedסָפַרְתָּהsafarta
count
To number one by one in order to know how many there are.
Where else “safarta” appears- putשִׂימָsima
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sima” appears- 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- in your skin bottleנֹאדֶnode
skin, wineskin
Skin bag: leather sewn together to hold wine, water or milk.
Where else “node” appears- in your bookסִפְרָתֶsifrate
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sifrate” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew “wandering” (nod) and “skin bottle” (nod) sound the same: it is a wordplay. The skin bottle was a leather bag for keeping liquids.
The context
7With their wickedness will they get to safety? In anger bring down the peoples, Elohim.
8 · This verse (above)
9Then my enemies will turn back on the day I call; this I know: that Elohim is for me.