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Allכָּלthe dayהַיּוֹםmy enemiesאוֹיְבָיtaunt me;חֵרְפוּנִיthose who rage against meמְהוֹלָלַיswearנִשְׁבָּעוּby me.בִּי
Psalms 102:8
Study it in the app“All the day my enemies taunt me; those who rage against me swear by me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 102:8, word by word
- the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- my enemiesאוֹיְבָoyva
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyva” appears- taunt meחֵרְפוּcherfu
reproach
To defy or humble someone with words, to put them to shame.
Where else “cherfu” appears- those who rage against meמְהוֹלָלַmeholala
go mad
To lose one's reason and behave without control, like a madman.
Where else “meholala” appears- swearנִשְׁבָּעוּnishbau
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbau” appears
Translation note
“They swear by me”: they use my name when they curse: “may what happened to him happen to you.”
The context
7I keep watch, and I am like a bird alone on the roof.
8 · This verse (above)
9For ashes like bread I have eaten, and my drink with weeping I have mixed,