Let them be ashamedיֵבֹשׁוּand humiliated,וְיִכָּלְמוּthose who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיmy soul;נַפְשִׁיlet them turn backיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹרand be abashed,וְיַחְפְּרוּthose who plotחֹשְׁבֵיmy harm.רָעָתִי
Psalms 35:4
Study it in the app“Let them be ashamed and humiliated, those who seek my soul; let them turn back and be abashed, those who plot my harm.”
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Psalms 35:4, word by word
- Let them be ashamedיֵבֹשׁוּyevoshu
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “yevoshu” appears- and humiliatedיִכָּלְמוּyikalmu
be ashamed, humiliate
Put to shame, humiliate; be put to shame.
Where else “yikalmu” appears- those who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיmevakshe
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakshe” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears- let them turn backיִסֹּגוּyisogu
turn back, draw back
To turn back, to draw back: to turn away from a path or from someone.
Where else “yisogu” appears- let them turn backאָחוֹרachor
behind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appears- and be abashedיַחְפְּרוּyachpru
be ashamed, be disappointed
To blush, to be embarrassed or disappointed, to feel shame over something that went wrong.
Where else “yachpru” appears- those who plotחֹשְׁבֵיchoshve
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “choshve” appears- my harmרָעָתִraati
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raati” appears
The context
3And draw out the spear and close the way to meet those who pursue me; say to my soul, “Your salvation am I.”
4 · This verse (above)
5Let them be like chaff before the wind, and the angel of YHWH pushing them away.