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Why,לָמָהYHWH,יְהוָהdo you rejectתִּזְנַחmy soul?נַפְשִׁיWhy do you hideתַּסְתִּירyour faceפָּנֶיךָfrom me?מִמֶּנִּי
Psalms 88:14
Study it in the app“Why, YHWH, do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 88:14, word by word
- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- do you rejectתִּזְנַחtiznach
reject
To cast someone away, no longer wanting him near.
Where else “tiznach” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- Why do you hideתַּסְתִּירtastir
hide the face
"Hide the face": withdraw favor.
Where else “tastir” appears- your faceפָּנֶיpane
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pane” appears
The context
13But I, to you, YHWH, have cried for help, and in the morning my prayer comes to meet you.
14 · This verse (above)
15Afflicted am I and dying from youth; I have borne your terrors; I am bewildered.