Psalms 139:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.”

Psalms 139:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:1510 words

HebrewMeaning

לֹאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

נִכְחַ֥דnikəḥad

it was hiddenverbH3582

cut down · desolate · hide

עָצְמִ֗/יʿāṣəmiy

bones mynounH6108

strong · substance

מִ֫מֶּ֥/ךָּmimekā

from youpronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

אֲשֶׁרʾăšer

whoparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִיʿuśēytiy

I was madeverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

בַ/סֵּ֑תֶרbasēter

in the secret placepronH5643

covering · covert · disguise · hiding place ···

רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּיruqamətiy

I was formedverbH7551

needlework · curiously work

בְּֽ/תַחְתִּיּ֥וֹתbətaḥətiywōt

in the lower parts ofpronH8482

-er · -er parts · -est) · nether

אָֽרֶץʾāreṣ

the earthnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

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 139:15

1. ...Our Lord Jesus Christ speaks in the Prophets, sometimes in His own Name, sometimes in ours, because He makes Himself one with us; as it is said, “they two shall be one flesh.” Wherefore also the Lord says in the Gospel, speaking of marriage, “therefore they are no more two, but one flesh.” One flesh, because of our mortality He took flesh; not one divinity, for He is the Creator, we the creature. Whatsoever then our Lord speaks in the person of the Flesh He took upon…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 139 (excerpt)

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