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They reeledיָחוֹגּוּand staggeredוְיָנוּעוּlike a drunkard,כַּשִּׁכּוֹרand allוְכָלtheir wisdomחָכְמָתָםwas swallowed up.תִּתְבַּלָּע
Psalms 107:27
Study it in the app“They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was swallowed up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 107:27, word by word
- They reeledיָחוֹגּוּyachogu
reel
To reel like a drunkard.
Where else “yachogu” appears- and staggeredיָנוּעוּyanuu
shake
To wag one's head mockingly.
Where else “yanuu” appears- like a drunkardשִּׁכּוֹרshikor
drunk
Drunk: one who has drunk too much wine.
Where else “shikor” appears- their wisdomחָכְמָתָchachmata
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachmata” appears- was swallowed upתִּתְבַּלָּעtitbala
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “titbala” appears
The context
26They went up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; their soul in trouble melted away.
27 · This verse (above)
28And they cried out to YHWH in their distress, and from their straits he brought them out.