to despise
shat describes people who treat Israel or its people with contempt from surrounding nations.
The attested use describes surrounding peoples who hold Israel or its people in contempt: the daughters of the Philistines in Ezekiel 16:57, and those around Israel in Ezekiel 28:24 and Ezekiel 28:26.
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Showing contempt toward Israel · dominant
All three occurrences are Qal active participles naming groups directed against Israel or its people. In Ezekiel 16:57 the APB renders the daughters of the Philistines as those who “despised you from every side”; in Ezekiel 28:24 and Ezekiel 28:26 it describes those around Israel whom God judges.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “despised” in each occurrence, portraying hostile people around Israel or its people. This repeated English wording confirms the clause-level presentation rather than isolating a precise rendering token.