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To youאֵלֶיךָthey cried outזָעֲקוּand escaped;וְנִמְלָטוּin youבְּךָthey trustedבָטְחוּand were notוְלֹאashamed.בוֹשׁוּ
Psalms 22:5
Study it in the app“To you they cried out and escaped; in you they trusted and were not ashamed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 22:5, word by word
- they cried outזָעֲקוּzaaku
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “zaaku” appears- and escapedנִמְלָטוּnimlatu
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “nimlatu” appears- they trustedבָטְחוּvatchu
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “vatchu” appears- ashamedבוֹשׁוּvoshu
be disappointed
To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.
Where else “voshu” appears
The context
4In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you brought them to safety.
5 · This verse (above)
6But I am a worm and not a man, a reproach of human beings and despised by the people.