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Forכִּיyou areאַתָּהmy hope,תִקְוָתִיAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהmy confidenceמִבְטַחִיfrom my youth.מִנְּעוּרָי
Psalms 71:5
Study it in the app“For you are my hope, Adonai YHWH, my confidence from my youth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 71:5, word by word
- my hopeתִקְוָתִtikvati
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikvati” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- my confidenceמִבְטַחִmivtachi
confidence, trust
Security, what someone trusts in; a refuge.
Where else “mivtachi” appears- from my youthנְּעוּרָneura
youth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neura” appears
The context
4My Elohim, bring me to safety from the hand of the wicked, from the palm of the unjust and the violent.
5 · This verse (above)
6On you I have leaned from the womb; from the inward parts of my mother you are the one who took me out; in you is my praise continually.