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You have seizedאָחַזְתָּthe eyelidsשְׁמֻרוֹתof my eyes;עֵינָיI am troubledנִפְעַמְתִּיand do notוְלֹאspeak.אֲדַבֵּר
Psalms 77:4
Study it in the app“You have seized the eyelids of my eyes; I am troubled and do not speak.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 77:4, word by word
- You have seizedאָחַזְתָּachazta
seize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “achazta” appears- the eyelidsשְׁמֻרוֹתshemurot
eyelid
Eyelid; literally, "what guards" the eye. It appears only once.
Where else “shemurot” appears- of my eyesעֵינָena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- I am troubledנִפְעַמְתִּיnifamti
be troubled
Be uneasy inside, without peace.
Where else “nifamti” appears- speakאֲדַבֵּרadaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “adaber” appears
Translation note
“You have seized the eyelids of my eyes”: it can be understood as “you do not let me sleep.”
The context
3I remember Elohim and moan; I complain, and my spirit grows faint. Selah.
4 · This verse (above)
5I have thought on the days of old, the years of ancient times.