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Howאֵיךְthey have becomeהָיוּa desolationלְשַׁמָּהin a moment!כְרָגַעThey have come to an end,סָפוּthey have been consumedתַמּוּby horrors.מִן בַּלָּהוֹת
Psalms 73:19
Study it in the app“How they have become a desolation in a moment! They have come to an end, they have been consumed by horrors.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 73:19, word by word
- they have becomeהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears- a desolationשַׁמָּהshama
desolation
A destroyed land or city.
Where else “shama” appears- in a momentרָגַעraga
moment
Instant, a very brief moment.
Where else “raga” appears- They have come to an endסָפוּsafu
end
Reach a close and leave nothing.
Where else “safu” appears- they have been consumedתַמּוּtamu
be consumed
To be completely destroyed.
Where else “tamu” appears- by horrorsבַּלָּהוֹתbalahot
terror
Terror, sudden dread; also the ruin that causes it. Almost always plural.
Where else “balahot” appears
The context
18Surely in slippery places you set them; you make them fall into ruins.
19 · This verse (above)
20Like a dream on waking, Adonai, when you rouse yourself you will despise their image.