And he clothed himselfוַיִּלְבַּשׁwith cursingקְלָלָהas with his garment,כְּמַדּוֹand it enteredוַתָּבֹאlike waterכַמַּיִםinto his inner being,בְּקִרְבּוֹand like oilוְכַשֶּׁמֶןinto his bones.בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו
Psalms 109:18
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “mad” appears- and it enteredתָּבֹאtavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “tavo” appears- like waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- 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.