As for a companion,כְּרֵעַas for a brother of mineכְּאָח לִיI went about;הִתְהַלָּכְתִּיas one who weeps forכַּאֲבֶלa mother,אֵםin mourningקֹדֵרI bowed low.שַׁחוֹתִי
Psalms 35:14
Study it in the app“As for a companion, as for a brother of mine I went about; as one who weeps for a mother, in mourning I bowed low.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 35:14, word by word
- As for a companionרֵעַrea
companion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “rea” appears- as for a brother of mineאָחach
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ach” appears- I went aboutהִתְהַלָּכְתִּיhithalachti
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “hithalachti” appears- as one who weeps forאֲבֶלavel
mourning
Mourning, grieving over a death.
Where else “avel” appears- a motherאֵםem
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “em” appears- in mourningקֹדֵרkoder
mourn
To go about in grief, wearing sackcloth.
Where else “koder” appears- I bowed lowשַׁחוֹתִיshachoti
bow down
To bend the body down, whether in grief, in submission or to lie in wait.
Where else “shachoti” appears
The context
13But I, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I afflicted with fasting my soul, and my prayer to my bosom would return.
14 · This verse (above)
15But at my stumbling they were glad and gathered; they gathered against me, attackers, and I did not know it; they tore and did not keep silent.