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forכִּיthey have devouredאָכַלJacob,אֶת יַעֲקֹבand his abodeוְאֶת נָוֵהוּthey have laid waste.הֵשַׁמּוּ
Psalms 79:7
Study it in the app“for they have devoured Jacob, and his abode they have laid waste.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 79:7, word by word
- they have devouredאָכַלachal
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achal” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and his abodeנָוֵnave
abode
A place to live.
Where else “nave” appears- they have laid wasteהֵשַׁמּוּheshamu
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “heshamu” appears
The context
6Pour out your fury on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call on your name,
7 · This verse (above)
8Do not remember against us the iniquities of the ancestors; quickly let your compassion come to meet us, for we have been brought low greatly.