Psalm 143:6
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
I stretchפֵּרַ֣שְׂתִּי
(pe·ras·ti)
6566: to spread out, spreada prim. root
out my handsיָדַ֣י
(ya·dai)
3027: handa prim. root
to You; My soulנַפְשִׁ֓י
(naf·shi)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
[longs] for You, as a parchedעֲיֵפָ֖ה
(a·ye·fah)
5889: faint, wearyfrom iph
land.כְּאֶֽרֶץ־
(ke·'e·retz-)
776: earth, landa prim. root
Selah.סֶֽלָה׃
(se·lah.)
5542: to lift up, exaltfrom salal


















KJV Lexicon
I stretch forth
paras  (paw-ras')
to break apart, disperse, etc. -- break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).
my hands
yad  (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
unto thee my soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
thirsteth after thee as a thirsty
`ayeph  (aw-yafe')
languid -- faint, thirsty, weary.
land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Selah
celah  (seh'-law)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause -- Selah.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I stretch out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah.

King James Bible
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I spread out my hands to You; I am like parched land before You. Selah

International Standard Version
I stretch out my hands toward you, longing for you like a parched land. Interlude

NET Bible
I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I have stretched forth my hands to you; my soul is thirsty for you like the ground.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I stretch out my hands to you in prayer. Like parched land, my soul thirsts for you. [Selah]

King James 2000 Bible
I stretch forth my hands unto you: my soul thirsts after you, as a thirsty land. Selah.
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