Psalms 103:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 103:28 words

HebrewMeaning

בָּרֲכִ֣יbārăkiy

blessverbH1288

abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···

נַ֭פְשִׁ/יnapəšiy

O soul mynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

וְ/אַלwəʾal

and may notconjH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תִּ֝שְׁכְּחִ֗יtišəkəḥiy

you forgetverbH7911

at all

כָּלkāl

allnounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

גְּמוּלָֽי/וgəmwlāyw

benefits hisnounH1576

as hast served · desert · deserving · that which he hath given ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 103:2

1. ...“Bless the Lord, O my soul! And all that is within me, His holy Name” Psalm 102:1. I suppose that he speaks not of what is within the body; I do not suppose him to mean this, that our lungs and liver, and so forth, are to burst forth into the voice of blessing of the Lord. There are lungs in our breast indeed, like a kind of bellows, which send forth successive breathings, which breathing forth of the air inhaled is pressed out into voice and sound, when the words are…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 103 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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