Lesson 4 | Verbs—stems
קוֹלִי אֶל־יְהוָה
Crying to and pleading with the Lord
You will find that three of the Hebrew stems appear in this song and so it is a great opportunity to learn to read them. But more than that, it is a great opportunity for us to turn to the Lord afresh in worship and raise our voices unto him.
The vocab
Now let’s learn the words.
קוֹל
506x
voice (noun)
זָעַק
72x
cry out (verb)
חָנַן
78x
implore favor (verb)
שָׁפַךְ
115x
pour out (verb)
שִׂיחַ
13x
contemplation, complaint (noun)
צָרָה
70x
trouble (noun)
נָגַד
370x
declare, tell (verb)
Psalm 142:2-3; 103:1
With the vocabulary above and the grammar we have learned thus far, you should be able to read most of the text below even before clicking on the words. The one verb you will have trouble with is בָּרֲכִי since it is a command, something we will learn about in lesson 5.
קוֹלִי
אֶל
יְהוָה
אֶזְעָק
קוֹלִי
אֶל
יְהוָה
אֶתְחַנָּן׃
אֶשְׁפֹּךְ
לְפָנָיו
שִׂיחִי
צָרָתִי
לְפָנָיו
אַגִּיד׃
לְדָוִד
בָּרֲכִי
נַפְשִׁי
אֶת
יְהוָה
וְכָל
קְרָבַי
אֶת
שֵׁם
קָדְשׁוֹ׃
Purchase the MP3 of this songThe more you listen to the songs in this course, the more you will learn the Hebrew verses which make up their lyrics. Thus, we strongly encourage you to purchase the MP3 of this song or the entire album and to listen to it throughout the day. This particular album contains 2 songs taught in this course.
Next up, our reading for the lesson.