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And they have laidוַיָּשִׂימוּon meעָלַיevilרָעָהin return forתַּחַתgood,טוֹבָהand hatredוְשִׂנְאָהin return forתַּחַתmy love.אַהֲבָתִי
Psalms 109:5
Study it in the app“And they have laid on me evil in return for good, and hatred in return for my love.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 109:5, word by word
- And they have laidיָּשִׂימוּyasimu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasimu” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- and hatredשִׂנְאָהsina
hatred
Hatred.
Where else “sina” appears- my loveאַהֲבָתִahavati
love
Love: the affection that joins one person to another; also the love of YHWH for his people.
Where else “ahavati” appears
The context
4In return for my love they accuse me; but I, prayer.
5 · This verse (above)
6Appoint over him a wicked man, and let an accuser stand at his right hand.