Psalm 139:15
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
רָקַם
râqam
to variegate color, i.e. embroider; by implication, to fabricate
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
תַּחְתִּי
tachtîy
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
תַּחְתִּי
tachtîy
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָקַם râqam
to variegate color, i.e. embroider; by implication, to fabricate
Study H7551 →תַּחְתִּי tachtîy
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
Study H8482 →חַיִל chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Study H2428 →תַּחְתִּי tachtîy
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
Study H8482 →סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →Cross References
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
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