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You make usתְּשִׂימֵנוּa bywordמָשָׁלamong the nations,בַּגּוֹיִםa shakingמְנוֹדof the headרֹאשׁamong the peoples.בַּל אֻמִּים
Psalms 44:14
Study it in the app“You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 44:14, word by word
- You make usתְּשִׂימֵtesime
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “tesime” appears- a bywordמָשָׁלmashal
byword
An object of mockery among nations.
Where else “mashal” appears- among the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- a shakingמְנוֹדmenod
shaking (of the head)
A shaking or tossing of the head, a gesture used to mock someone who had fallen into misfortune.
Where else “menod” appears- of the headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- among the peoplesבַּלbal
people, nation
People, nation.
Where else “bal” appears
The context
13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a derision to those around us.
14 · This verse (above)
15All the day my humiliation is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,