בְּכַפָּ֑י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּכַפָּ֑י

   be-kha-PAI

   in my palms or in my hands
2. clause🔊 עַ֭ל לֹא־חָמָ֣ בְּכַפָּ֑י

   AL lo-KHA-MAS be-kha-PAI

   despite or although not violence in my palms or in my hands
3. sentence🔊 עַ֭ל לֹא־חָמָ֣ בְּכַפָּ֑י וּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥י זַכָּֽה׃

   AL lo-KHA-MAS be-kha-PAI u-te-fi-la-TI zak-KHA

   despite or although not violence in my palms or in my hands and my prayer pure or clean

Exegesis

The negated unit lo-khamas {לֹא־חָמָ֣ס | lō-ḥāmās} ‘not violence’ denies culpable action, and the following prepositional phrase be-kappay {בְּכַפָּ֑י | bə-kappāy} ‘in my palms’ uses “hands” metonymically for deeds.