Psalm 19:14:2Ps.19.14.W2TABWLC Psalms 19:15
אִֽמְרֵי־פִ֡י
imrepi
“words of my mouth”
- Transliteration
- im-RE-pi
- Extended
- ihm-REE-fee
- IPA
- /ʔimˈreː.fiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- words of my mouth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-RE-pi
- clause
yih-YU-le-ra-TSON im-RE-pi ve-heg-YON li-BI le-fa-NE-kha
- sentence
yih-YU-le-ra-TSON im-RE-pi ve-heg-YON li-BI le-fa-NE-kha Ye-ho-VAH TSU-ri ve-go-a-LI
Exegesis
The parallel constructs ʾimrê-pî {אִמְרֵי־פִי | ʾimrê-pî} ‘words of my mouth’ and hêgîyôn {הֶגְיוֹן | hêgîyôn} ‘meditation’ lî-bî {לִבִּי | lî-bî} ‘of my heart’ juxtapose external speech and internal reflection.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ר
“utterance, speech”
In context — Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You, O LORD , my Rock and my Redeemer.
About this coordinate
Psalm 19:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Psalm 19:14, so the Hebrew word אִֽמְרֵי־פִ֡י (imrepi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ps.19.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.19.14.W2.S1) and character.