Let them be ashamed,יֵבֹשׁוּlet them be consumed,יִכְלוּthose who accuseשֹׂטְנֵיmy soul;נַפְשִׁיlet them be coveredיַעֲטוּwith reproachחֶרְפָּהand humiliation,וּכְלִמָּהthose who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיmy harm.רָעָתִי
Psalms 71:13
Study it in the app“Let them be ashamed, let them be consumed, those who accuse my soul; let them be covered with reproach and humiliation, those who seek my harm.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 71:13, 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- let them be consumedיִכְלוּyichlu
destroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “yichlu” appears- those who accuseשֹׂטְנֵיsotne
oppose, accuse
To oppose, to accuse: to set oneself against someone. "Satan", "the adversary", comes from this root.
Where else “sotne” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- let them be coveredיַעֲטוּyaatu
cover, wrap
Cover oneself, wrap oneself in a garment; cover.
Where else “yaatu” appears- with reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appears- and humiliationכְלִמָּהchelima
disgrace, shame
Shame, dishonor suffered before others.
Where else “chelima” appears- those who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיmevakshe
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakshe” appears- my harmרָעָתִraati
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raati” appears
The context
12Elohim, do not be far from me; my Elohim, hurry to my help.
13 · This verse (above)
14But I will wait continually, and I will add to all your praise.