Psalms

Psalm 131:2

²Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul;

like a weaned child with his mother,

like a weaned child is my soul within me.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Surely	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I have stilled	שִׁוִּ֨יתִי׀	šiw·wî·ṯî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H7737 be even, smooth
and quieted	וְדוֹמַ֗מְתִּי	wə·ḏō·w·mam·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H1826 be or grow dumb, silent, still
my soul	נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
like a weaned child	כְּ֭גָמֻל	kə·ḡā·mul	Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H1580 deal fully or adequately with, deal out to
with his mother	אִמּ֑וֹ	’im·mōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H517 mother
like a weaned child	כַּגָּמֻ֖ל	kag·gā·mul	Preposition-k, Article; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H1580 deal fully or adequately with, deal out to
is my soul	נַפְשִֽׁי׃	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
within me	עָלַ֣י	‘ā·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height

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