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Whenכִּיmy heartלְבָבִיgrew sourיִתְחַמֵּץand in my kidneysוְכִלְיוֹתַיI felt pangs,אֶשְׁתּוֹנָן
Psalms 73:21
Study it in the app“When my heart grew sour and in my kidneys I felt pangs,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 73:21, word by word
- my heartלְבָבִlevavi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levavi” appears- grew sourיִתְחַמֵּץyitchamets
ferment
Of dough, to rise with yeast; or to turn sour.
Where else “yitchamets” appears- and in my kidneysכִלְיוֹתַchilyota
inmost self
A person's innermost self, their feelings.
Where else “chilyota” appears- I felt pangsאֶשְׁתּוֹנָןeshtonan
feel pangs
Feel a sharp pain inside.
Where else “eshtonan” appears
Translation note
“Kidneys”: in Hebrew, the seat of the deepest feelings.
The context
20Like a dream on waking, Adonai, when you rouse yourself you will despise their image.
21 · This verse (above)
22I was dull and did not know; like a beast I was with you.