Words the Bible translates as confusion
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- boshetבֹּשֶׁתshame: the public disgrace and humiliation of being defeated, exposed, or let down, together with the dishonor a person feels and carries because of it
- kelimmahכְּלִמָּהpublic disgrace: the humiliation of being dishonored before others, and the insults and abuse that bring it about.
- tohuתֹּהוּemptiness: something drained of its proper contents and so unable to serve its purpose, from a trackless desert to a worthless idol to the unformed earth
- mehumahמְהוּמָהthe collapse of order into chaos: panic that shatters an army, unrest that makes a country unsafe, turmoil that unsettles a life
- sugchusisσύγχυσιςconfusionnot studied yet
- mevukhahמְבוּכָהconfusionnot studied yet
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