Psalms 143:4
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.”
רוּחַ
Spirit, wind, breath. Ruach. The breath of God that gives life. The Holy Spirit. The same word used when the Spirit hovered over the waters of creation.
לֵב
heart/ my
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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עַל
on/ me
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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שָׁמֵם
it is appalled
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שָׁמֵם
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
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