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I rememberאֶזְכְּרָהElohimאֱלֹהִיםand moan;וְאֶהֱמָיָהI complain,אָשִׂיחָהand my spiritוְ רוּחִיgrows faint.תִתְעַטֵּףSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 77:3
Study it in the app“I remember Elohim and moan; I complain, and my spirit grows faint. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 77:3, word by word
- I rememberאֶזְכְּרָהezkra
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “ezkra” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and moanאֶהֱמָיָהehemaya
moan
To be restless inside, groan.
Where else “ehemaya” appears- I complainאָשִׂיחָהasicha
complain
To pour out one's grief aloud, in lament.
Where else “asicha” appears- and my spiritרוּחִruchi
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruchi” appears- grows faintתִתְעַטֵּףtitatef
grow faint
To lose all strength.
Where else “titatef” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
The context
2In the day of my distress I sought Adonai; my hand by night was stretched out and did not grow numb; my soul refused to be comforted.
3 · This verse (above)
4You have seized the eyelids of my eyes; I am troubled and do not speak.