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Do I notהֲלוֹאhateאֶשְׂנָאthose who hate you,מְשַׂנְאֶיךָYHWH,יְהוָהand loatheאֶתְקוֹטָטthose who rise up against you?וּבִתְקוֹמְמֶיךָ
Psalms 139:21
Study it in the app“Do I not hate those who hate you, YHWH, and loathe those who rise up against you?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 139:21, word by word
- hateאֶשְׂנָאesna
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “esna” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- and loatheאֶתְקוֹטָטetkotat
loathe
To feel loathing for someone; to be sick of him.
Where else “etkotat” appears- those who rise up against youתְקוֹמְמֶיtekomme
adversary
Adversary, one who rises against another.
Where else “tekomme” appears
The context
20who speak of you with plans; they take it up in vain, your enemies.
21 · This verse (above)
22With complete hatred I hate them; they have become enemies to me.