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You make usתְּשִׂימֵנוּa reproachחֶרְפָּהto our neighbors,לִשְׁכֵנֵינוּa mockeryלַעַגand a derisionוָקֶלֶסto those around us.לִסְבִיבוֹתֵינוּ
Psalms 44:13
Study it in the app“You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a derision to those around us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 44:13, word by word
- You make usתְּשִׂימֵtesime
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “tesime” appears- a reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appears- to our neighborsשְׁכֵנֵיshechene
neighbor, resident
Neighbor (man or woman); also a temporary resident.
Where else “shechene” appears- a mockeryלַעַגlaag
scorn, derision
Mockery, scorn.
Where else “laag” appears- and a derisionקֶלֶסkeles
scorn, derision
Scorn, derision; someone everyone laughs at.
Where else “keles” appears- to those around usסְבִיבוֹתֵיsevivote
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears
The context
12You sell your people for nothing, and you have not gained by their price.
13 · This verse (above)
14You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.