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Like a portentכְּמוֹפֵתI have beenהָיִיתִיto many,לְרַבִּיםbut you areוְאַתָּהmy refugeמַחֲסִיof strength.עֹז
Psalms 71:7
Study it in the app“Like a portent I have been to many, but you are my refuge of strength.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 71:7, word by word
- Like a portentמוֹפֵתmofet
portent
A sign of what is to come.
Where else “mofet” appears- I have beenהָיִיתִיhayiti
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayiti” appears- to manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- my refugeמַחֲסִmachasi
refuge, shelter
A refuge, a place to take cover.
Where else “machasi” appears- of strengthעֹזoz
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “oz” appears
Translation note
“A portent”: a sign that draws attention, for good or for ill.
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8Let my mouth be filled with your praise, all the day with your beauty.