Psalms

Psalm 107:27

²⁷They reeled and staggered like drunkards,

and all their skill was useless.^b

Footnotes

b 107:27 Or and all their wisdom was swallowed up or and they were at their wits’ end

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They reeled	יָח֣וֹגּוּ	yā·ḥō·w·gū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2287 make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast
and staggered	וְ֭יָנוּעוּ	wə·yā·nū·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5128 quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter
like drunkards	כַּשִּׁכּ֑וֹר	kaš·šik·kō·wr	Preposition-k, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H7910 drunken
and all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
their skill	חָ֝כְמָתָ֗ם	ḥā·ḵə·mā·ṯām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H2451 wisdom
was useless	תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃	tiṯ·bal·lā‘	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.