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With murderבְּרֶצַחin my bonesבְּעַצְמוֹתַיmy adversariesצוֹרְרָיreproach me,חֵרְפוּנִיwhen they sayבְּאָמְרָםto meאֵלַיallכָּלthe day,הַיּוֹם“Where isאַיֵּהyour Elohim?”אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Psalms 42:10
Study it in the app“With murder in my bones my adversaries reproach me, when they say to me all the day, “Where is your Elohim?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 42:10, word by word
- With murderרֶצַחretsach
crushing; murder
A shattering blow, slaughter, murder. It comes from the verb "to murder".
Where else “retsach” appears- in my bonesעַצְמוֹתַatsmota
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmota” appears- my adversariesצוֹרְרָtsorra
harass
To be someone's enemy.
Where else “tsorra” appears- reproach meחֵרְפוּcherfu
reproach
To defy or humble someone with words, to put them to shame.
Where else “cherfu” appears- when they sayאָמְרָamra
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appears- the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
Translation note
“With murder in my bones”: their mockery hurts him like a deadly blow that breaks his bones.
The context
9I will say to El my crag, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go about in mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10 · This verse (above)
11Why are you cast down, my soul, and why are you agitated within me? Await Elohim, for I will yet give him thanks, the salvations of my face and my Elohim.