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Forכִּיmy soulנַפְשִׁיis satedשָׂבְעָהwith troubles,בְרָעוֹתand my lifeוְחַיַּיhas reachedהִגִּיעוּSheol.לִשְׁאוֹל
Psalms 88:3
Study it in the app“For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life has reached Sheol.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 88:3, word by word
- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- is satedשָׂבְעָהsava
be sated
To have plenty, be fed up.
Where else “sava” appears- with troublesרָעוֹתraot
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raot” appears- and my lifeחַיַּchaya
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaya” appears- has reachedהִגִּיעוּhigiu
reach
To reach a place or a moment.
Where else “higiu” appears- Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears
The context
2Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
3 · This verse (above)
4I am counted with those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength,