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My soulנַפְשִׁיhas clungדָּבְקָהclose behind you;אַחֲרֶיךָyour right handיְמִינֶךָupholdsתָּמְכָהme.בִּי
Psalms 63:8
Study it in the app“My soul has clung close behind you; your right hand upholds me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 63:8, word by word
- My soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- has clungדָּבְקָהdavka
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “davka” appears- your right handיְמִינֶyemine
right hand
The hand on the side of strength and honor.
Where else “yemine” appears- upholdsתָּמְכָהtamcha
uphold
To hold someone up by the hand so he does not fall, as God does.
Where else “tamcha” appears
The context
7For you have been a help to me, and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.
8 · This verse (above)
9But they who seek my soul for ruin will go into the lowest parts of the earth.