Psalm 44:13
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
חֶרְפָּה
cherpâh
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
שָׁכֵן
shâkên
a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen
שְׂחוֹק
sᵉchôwq
laughter (in merriment or defiance)
נָקַף
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Key Terms in This Verse
שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →נָקַף nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
Study H5362 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →Cross References
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
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