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They repay meיְשַׁלְּמוּנִיevilרָעָהforתַּחַתgood;טוֹבָהdesolationשְׁכוֹלfor my soul.לְנַפְשִׁי
Psalms 35:12
Study it in the app“They repay me evil for good; desolation for my soul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 35:12, word by word
- They repay meיְשַׁלְּמוּyeshalmu
repay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “yeshalmu” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- desolationשְׁכוֹלshechol
bereavement
Bereavement: the loneliness of one who has lost his children.
Where else “shechol” appears- for my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears
Translation note
“Desolation”: literally, the loneliness of one who has lost his children.
The context
11Witnesses of violence rise up; what I do not know they ask me.
12 · This verse (above)
13But I, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I afflicted with fasting my soul, and my prayer to my bosom would return.