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He poursשֹׁפֵךְcontemptבּוּזonעַלnobles,נְדִיבִיםand makes them wanderוַיַּתְעֵםin a voidבְּתֹהוּwithoutלֹאa way.דָרֶךְ
Psalms 107:40
Study it in the app“He pours contempt on nobles, and makes them wander in a void without a way.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 107:40, word by word
- He poursשֹׁפֵךְshofech
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shofech” appears- contemptבּוּזbuz
contempt
Contempt, scorn.
Where else “buz” appears- noblesנְדִיבִיםnedivim
noble
A man of rank who governs or decides; the prince of a people.
Where else “nedivim” appears- and makes them wanderיַּתְעֵyate
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “yate” appears- in a voidתֹהוּtohu
formlessness
Without form or order, like the earth at first, or a desolate place.
Where else “tohu” appears- a wayדָרֶךְdarech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appears
The context
39And they decrease and are bowed down by oppression, evil, and sorrow.
40 · This verse (above)
41But he sets on high the needy out of affliction, and makes their families like a flock.