Psalms 109:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ הָיִ֣יתִי חֶרְפָּ֣ה לָהֶ֑ם יִ֝רְא֗וּנִי יְנִיע֥וּן רֹאשָֽׁם׃

Transliteration

And-ʾănî hāyîtî ḥerpâ to-them yirʾûnî yənîʿûn rōʾšām.

Grammar Details

• *ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *hāyîtî*: verb, qal perfect 1st person singular - I have become
• *ḥerpâ*: noun, feminine singular - reproach/object of scorn
• *yirʾûnî*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - they see me
• *yənîʿûn*: verb, hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they shake
• *rōʾšām*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their head

Word Meanings

• *ḥerpâ*: reproach/scorn/object of derision
• *yənîʿûn* *rōʾšām*: they shake their head (gesture of mockery/derision)

Referenced Verses

• Ps 22:6-7 : 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
• Ps 69:19-20 : 19 Thou hast known{H8804)} my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries{H8802)} are all before thee. 20 Reproach hath broken{H8804)} my heart; and I am full of heaviness{H8799)}: and I looked{H8762)} for some to take pity{H8800)}, but there was none; and for comforters{H8764)}, but I found{H8804)} none.
• Rom 15:3 : 3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
• Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Heb 13:13 : 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
• Job 16:4 : 4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
• Isa 37:22 : 22 This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
• Matt 27:39-40 : 39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
• Mark 15:29 : 29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
• Ps 31:11-13 : 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. 13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
• Ps 35:15-16 : 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together{H8738)}: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together{H8738)} against me, and I knew{H8804)} it not; they did tear{H8804)} me, and ceased{H8804)} not: 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
• Ps 69:9-9 : 9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up{H8804)}; and the reproaches of them that reproached{H8802)} thee are fallen{H8804)} upon me. 10 When I wept{H8799)}, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 11 I made{H8799)} sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. 12 They that sit in{H8802)} the gate speak{H8799)} against me; and I was the song of the drunkards{H8802)}.