תִכְסֹֽף׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תִכְסֹֽף׃

   tikh-SOF

   you will long
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יָדֶ֣יךָ תִכְסֹֽף׃

   ya-DE-kha tikh-SOF

   your hands you will long
3. clause🔊 לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ תִכְסֹֽף׃

   le-ma-a-SE ya-DE-kha tikh-SOF

   to the work of your hands you will long
4. sentence🔊 תִּ֭קְרָא וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ תִכְסֹֽף׃

   tik-RA ve-a-NO-khi e-e-NE-kha le-ma-a-SE ya-DE-kha tikh-SOF

   you will call and I I will answer you to the work of your hands you will long

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase le-maʿaseh yadeikha {לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ | ləmaʿăśêh yāḏeîḵā} ‘for the work of your hands’ serves as the object of the final imperfect tiksoph {תִכְסֹף׃ | tiksōp} ‘you will long.’ The parallel structure of call/answer and longing/handiwork creates chiasmic emphasis on Divine–human reciprocity. The preposition lamed introduces both purpose and object, while the absence of a conjunction before the final imperfect heightens immediacy.

Root and etymology

“to long for”

• 🔊 כִסּוּףkisuphlongingPsalm 63:7