Psalms 56:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For you have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of life.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י הִצַּ֪לְתָּ נַפְשִׁ֡י מִמָּוֶת֮ הֲלֹ֥א רַגְלַ֗י מִ֫דֶּ֥חִי לְ֭הִֽתְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים בְּ֝א֗וֹר הֽ͏ַחַיִּֽים׃

Transliteration

For hiṣṣaltā napšî mimmāwet not raglay middeḥî ləhithallēk lipnê ʾĕlōhîm bəʾôr haḥayyîm

Grammar Details

• *hiṣṣaltā*: Hiphil perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have delivered
• *napšî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
• *mimmāwet*: masculine singular noun with min prefix - from death
• *raglay*: feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my feet
• *middeḥî*: masculine singular noun with min prefix - from stumbling
• *ləhithallēk*: Hithpael infinitive construct with lamed prefix - to walk
• *lipnê*: plural noun construct with lamed prefix - before the face of
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun used as singular - God
• *bəʾôr*: masculine singular noun with bet prefix - in the light of
• *haḥayyîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the living

Word Meanings

• *hiṣṣaltā*: you have delivered/you have rescued/you have saved
• *napšî*: my soul/my life/myself
• *middeḥî*: from stumbling/from falling/from being pushed down
• *ləhithallēk*: to walk/to walk about/to move about
• *lipnê*: before/in the presence of/in front of
• *bəʾôr*: in the light of/in the light/by the light
• *haḥayyîm*: the living/life/the alive