Turnפְּנֵהto meאֵלַיand show me favor;וְחָנֵּנִיgiveתְּנָהyour strengthעֻזְּךָto your servant,לְעַבְדֶּךָand saveוְהוֹשִׁיעָהthe sonלְבֶןof your maidservant.אֲמָתֶךָ
Psalms 86:16
Study it in the app“Turn to me and show me favor; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 86:16, word by word
- Turnפְּנֵהpene
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “pene” appears- and show me favorחָנֵּchane
show favor
To treat someone with undeserved kindness.
Where else “chane” appears- giveתְּנָtena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tena” appears- your strengthעֻזְּuz
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “uz” appears- to your servantעַבְדֶּavde
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avde” appears- and saveהוֹשִׁיעָhoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “hoshia” appears- the sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of your maidservantאֲמָתֶamate
female slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amate” appears
The context
15But you, Adonai, are an El merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness.
16 · This verse (above)
17Perform for me a sign for good, so that those who hate me may see and be put to shame, because you, YHWH, have helped me and comforted me.