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Too longרַבַּתhas my soulנַפְשִׁיdweltשָׁכְנָה לָּהּwithעִםone who hatesשׂוֹנֵאpeace.שָׁלוֹם
Psalms 120:6
Study it in the app“Too long has my soul dwelt with one who hates peace.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 120:6, word by word
- Too longרַבַּתrabat
much
In great quantity, more than expected.
Where else “rabat” appears- has my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- dweltשָׁכְנָהshachna
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shachna” appears- one who hatesשׂוֹנֵאsone
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “sone” appears- peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears
The context
5Woe to me, for I reside as an alien in Meshech; I dwell among the tents of Kedar.
6 · This verse (above)
7I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.