Psalms 79:4

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Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and [there was] none to bury [them].	We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.	How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

We are become a reproach^H2781 to our neighbours^H7934, a scorn^H3933 and derision^H7047 to them that are round about^H5439 us.

Original Hebrew

הָיִינוּ חֶרְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵינוּ לַעַג וָקֶלֶס לִסְבִיבֹותֵינוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הָיִ֣ינוּ	ha.Yi.nu	H1961	HVqp1cp	we have become
חֶ֭רְפָּה	Cher.pah	H2781	HNcfsa	a reproach
לִ/שְׁכֵנֵ֑י/נוּ	li/sh.khe.Nei./nu	H7934	HR/Aampc/Sp1cp	to/ neighbors/ our
לַ֥עַג	La.'ag	H3933	HNcmsa	mockery
וָ֝/קֶ֗לֶס	va./Ke.les	H7047	HC/Ncmsa	and/ derision
לִ/סְבִיבוֹתֵֽי/נוּ	li/s.vi.vo.Tei./nu	H5439	HR/Ncbpc/Sp1cp	to/ (those) around/ us

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H2781 — חֶרְפָּה (cherpâh, kher-paw'): from חָרַף; contumely, disgrace, the pudenda; rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.
H3933 — לַעַג (laʻag, lah'-ag): from לָעַג; derision, scoffing; derision, scorn (-ing).
H5439 — סָבִיב (çâbîyb, saw-beeb'): or (feminine) סְבִיבָה; from סָבַב; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around; (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
H7047 — קֶלֶס (qeleç, keh'-les): from קָלַס; a laughing-stock; derision.
H7934 — שָׁכֵן (shâkên, shaw-kane'): from שָׁכַן; a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen; inhabitant, neighbour, nigh.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

become — Deuteronomy 28:37, Psalms 44:13-14, Psalms 80:6, Psalms 89:41, Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiah 25:18, Jeremiah 42:18, Lamentations 2:15-16, Lamentations 5:1, Ezekiel 35:12, Ezekiel 36:3, Ezekiel 36:15
scorn — 1 Kings 9:7, Nehemiah 2:19, Nehemiah 4:1-4

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