Lexicon
גַּאֲיוֹן
ga.a.yon
H1349
H:A Hebrew

proud

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ga.a.yon describes the proud people whose contempt fills the speaker's soul in Psalm 123:4.

The attested use describes proud people whose contempt is endured by the speaker in Psalm 123:4.

Senses in use

  1. Proud people expressing contempt · dominant

    In Psalm 123:4, the masculine plural absolute form occurs in the clause concerning contempt; the APB renders the verse, "Our soul has had its fill of the derision of the secure and of the contempt of the proud."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 123:4, the APB presents the verse's clause as "the contempt of the proud." This indicates the clause's overall presentation rather than a precise token-by-token rendering.

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