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We have becomeהָיִינוּa reproachחֶרְפָּהto our neighbors,לִשְׁכֵנֵינוּa mockeryלַעַגand a derisionוָקֶלֶסto those around us.לִסְבִיבוֹתֵינוּ
Psalms 79:4
Study it in the app“We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a derision to those around us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 79:4, word by word
- We have becomeהָיִינוּhayinu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayinu” appears- a reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appears- to our neighborsשְׁכֵנֵיshechene
neighbor, resident
Neighbor (man or woman); also a temporary resident.
Where else “shechene” appears- a mockeryלַעַגlaag
scorn, derision
Mockery, scorn.
Where else “laag” appears- and a derisionקֶלֶסkeles
scorn, derision
Scorn, derision; someone everyone laughs at.
Where else “keles” appears- to those around usסְבִיבוֹתֵיsevivote
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears
The context
3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.
4 · This verse (above)
5How long, YHWH? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?