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Let them notאַלsayיֹאמְרוּin their heart,בְלִבָּם“Aha,הֶאָחour desire!”נַפְשֵׁנוּLet them notאַלsay,יֹאמְרוּ“We have swallowed him up.”בִּלַּעֲנוּהוּ
Psalms 35:25
Study it in the app“Let them not say in their heart, “Aha, our desire!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 35:25, word by word
- sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
think
To speak inwardly without saying it aloud; to think.
Where else “yomru” appears- in their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- “Ahaהֶאָחheach
aha
Aha: a cry of joy or of mockery.
Where else “heach” appears- our desireנַפְשֵׁnafshe
appetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nafshe” appears- “We have swallowed him upבִּלַּעֲנוּbilaanu
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “bilaanu” appears
The context
24Judge me according to your righteousness, YHWH my Elohim, and let them not be glad over me.
25 · This verse (above)
26Let them be ashamed and abashed together, those who are glad at my harm; let them be clothed with shame and humiliation, those who magnify themselves against me.