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May they be put to shameיֵבֹשׁוּand turnedוְיִסֹּגוּback,אָחוֹרallכֹּלwho hateשֹׂנְאֵיZion.צִיּוֹן
Psalms 129:5
Study it in the app“May they be put to shame and turned back, all who hate Zion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 129:5, word by word
- May they be put to shameיֵבֹשׁוּyevoshu
be disappointed
To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.
Where else “yevoshu” appears- and turnedיִסֹּגוּyisogu
turn back, draw back
To turn back, to draw back: to turn away from a path or from someone.
Where else “yisogu” appears- backאָחוֹרachor
behind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appears- who hateשֹׂנְאֵיsone
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “sone” appears- Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
4YHWH is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
5 · This verse (above)
6May they be like grass on the rooftops, which before it is pulled up withers,