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And he struckוַיַּךְhis adversariesצָרָיוfrom behind;אָחוֹרan eternalעוֹלָםreproachחֶרְפַּתhe gave them.נָתַן לָמוֹ
Psalms 78:66
Study it in the app“And he struck his adversaries from behind; an eternal reproach he gave them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:66, word by word
- And he struckיַּךְyach
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yach” appears- his adversariesצָרָיtsaray
adversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsaray” appears- from behindאָחוֹרachor
behind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appears- an eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- reproachחֶרְפַּתcherpat
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpat” appears- he gave themנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears
The context
65And Adonai awoke like one who sleeps, like a mighty man shouting because of wine.
66 · This verse (above)
67And he despised the tent of Joseph, and the tribe of Ephraim he did not choose,