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Psalms 71:13
“Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בּוּשׁbûwsh · boosh
H954 · Hebrew
H954 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
- Grammar
- יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ — verb Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 114 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:25Exodus 32:1Judges 3:25Judges 5:282 Kings 2:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בּוּשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.