Psalms 84:2

With the Hebrew beneath

Psalms 84:2, word by word

My soulנַפְשִׁnafshi

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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longsנִכְסְפָהnichsfa

long for

Long for, yearn for strongly.

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faintsכָּלְתָהkalta

be spent

To be used up little by little until nothing is left.

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for the courtsחַצְרוֹתchatsrot

court

An enclosed open space, like the temple's.

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of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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my heartלִבִּlibi

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

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and my fleshבְשָׂרִvesari

flesh

The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.

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shout for joyיְרַנְּנוּyerannu

shout for joy

To raise a glad cry.

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to the livingחָיchay

alive

Having life, not dead.

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Elאֵלel

El, God, god

"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".

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The context