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And I weptוָאֶבְכֶּהin fastingבַצּוֹםof my soul,נַפְשִׁיand it becameוַתְּהִיreproachesלַחֲרָפוֹתto me.לִי
Psalms 69:10
Study it in the app“And I wept in fasting of my soul, and it became reproaches to me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 69:10, word by word
- And I weptאֶבְכֶּהevke
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “evke” appears- in fastingצּוֹםtsom
fast
Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.
Where else “tsom” appears- of my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- and it becameתְּהִיtehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tehi” appears- reproachesחֲרָפוֹתcharafot
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “charafot” appears
The context
9For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10 · This verse (above)
11And I made sackcloth my clothing, and I became to them a byword.