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But Iוְאָנֹכִיam a wormתוֹלַעַתand notוְלֹאa man,אִישׁa reproachחֶרְפַּתof human beingsאָדָםand despisedוּבְזוּיby the people.עָם
Psalms 22:6
Study it in the app“But I am a worm and not a man, a reproach of human beings and despised by the people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 22:6, word by word
- am a wormתוֹלַעַתtolaat
worm
A small worm, a symbol of what is weak and of what destroys.
Where else “tolaat” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- a reproachחֶרְפַּתcherpat
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpat” appears- of human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- and despisedבְזוּיvezuy
despise
Despise, think little of.
Where else “vezuy” appears- by the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
5To you they cried out and escaped; in you they trusted and were not ashamed.
6 · This verse (above)
7All who see me mock me; they part their lips, they shake their head: