Psalms 109:18

“And he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, and it entered like water into his inner being, and like oil into his bones.”

Psalms 109:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 109:18, word by word

And he clothed himselfיִּלְבַּשׁyilbash

put on

To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.

Where else “yilbash” appears
with cursingקְלָלָהkelala

curse

Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.

Where else “kelala” appears
as with his garmentמַדּmad

garment

Clothing one wears, or rugs to sit on.

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and it enteredתָּבֹאtavo

enter

To go into a place.

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like waterמַּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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into his inner beingקִרְבּkirb

inside

One's inner part, one's inmost self.

Where else “kirb” appears
and like oilשֶּׁמֶןshemen

oil

The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.

Where else “shemen” appears
into his bonesעַצְמוֹתָיatsmotay

bone

Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.

Where else “atsmotay” appears

The context

17And he loved cursing, and it came on him; and he did not delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

18 · This verse (above)

19Let it be to him like a garment he wraps himself in, and like a belt he continually girds on.

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