For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.Psalm 139:13
Original language and places
Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.
Original language (Hebrew)
כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה קָנִ֣יתָ כִלְיֹתָ֑י תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִי בְּבֶ֣טֶן אִמִּֽי׃
- כִּֽי־ki-“for”Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
- אַ֭תָּה'A.tah“you”Pronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from אַתָּ֫ה · “you(m.s.)” · Strong's H0859A
- קָנִ֣יתָka.Ni.ta“you created”Verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from קָנָה · “to buy” · Strong's H7069
- כִלְיֹתָ֑יkhil.yo.Tai“kidneys my”Noun, feminine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from כִּלְיָה · “kidney” · Strong's H3629
- תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִיte.su.Ke.ni“you wove together me”Verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from סָכַךְ · “to weave” · Strong's H5526C
- בְּבֶ֣טֶןbe.Ve.ten“in [the] womb of”Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, construct · from בֶּ֫טֶן · “womb” · Strong's H0990H
- אִמִּֽי׃'i.Mi“mother my”Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from אֵם · “mother” · Strong's H0517
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)