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נוּשׁ
nush
H5136
H:V Hebrew

be sick

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nush describes being sick in the speaker’s experience of harm in Psalm 69:21.

The sole attested use presents sickness as part of the speaker’s distress in Psalm 69:21, where the APB renders the surrounding verse with poison in food and vinegar for thirst.

Senses in use

  1. Being sick amid inflicted distress · dominant

    In Psalm 69:21, the Qal sequential imperfect first-person singular form occurs in the speaker’s complaint; the APB renders the surrounding verse, “They put poison in my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 69:21, the APB does not isolate a corresponding English word for the term; it presents the surrounding complaint through poison in food and vinegar for thirst.

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