Psalms 22:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָנֹכִ֣י תוֹלַ֣עַת וְלֹא־אִ֑ישׁ חֶרְפַּ֥ת אָ֝דָ֗ם וּבְז֥וּי עָֽם׃

Transliteration

And-ʾānōkî tôlaʿat and-not-ʾîš ḥerpat ʾādām and-bəzûy ʿām

Grammar Details

• *ʾānōkî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - 'I'
• *tôlaʿat*: noun, feminine, singular - 'worm'
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine, singular - 'man'
• *ḥerpat*: noun, feminine, singular construct - 'reproach of'
• *ʾādām*: noun, masculine, singular - 'mankind/humanity'
• *bəzûy*: verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular construct - 'despised of'
• *ʿām*: noun, masculine, singular - 'people'

Word Meanings

• *tôlaʿat*: worm/maggot/crimson
• *ḥerpat*: reproach/scorn/disgrace of
• *ʾādām*: mankind/humanity/people
• *bəzûy*: despised/scorned/held in contempt by

Referenced Verses

• 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 109:25 : 25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
• 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.
• Ps 44:14 : 14 Thou makest{H8799)} us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
• Mark 11:29-32 : 29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. 31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? 32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
• Mark 15:20 : 20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
• Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
• Luke 23:11 : 11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
• Luke 23:35-39 : 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. 36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, 37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. 38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
• Isa 37:22-23 : 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. 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 53:3 : 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
• Isa 57:4 : 4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
• Matt 9:24 : 24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
• Matt 26:66-68 : 66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. 67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, 68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
• Matt 27:29 : 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
• 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.
• Job 16:10 : 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
• Job 30:9-9 : 9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. 11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
• Ps 31:18 : 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
• 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.