שִׁקַּ֔ץ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שִׁקַּ֔ץ

   shi-KKATS

   he abhorred
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֤י לֹֽא־בָזָ֨ה וְלֹ֣א שִׁקַּ֔ץ

   KI lo-VA-ZA ve-LO shi-KKATS

   for he did not despise and not he abhorred
3. clause🔊 כִּ֤י לֹֽא־בָזָ֨ה וְלֹ֣א שִׁקַּ֔ץ עֲנ֖וּת עָנִ֣י וְלֹֽא־הִסְתִּ֬יר פָּנָ֣יו מִמֶּ֑נּוּ

   KI lo-VA-ZA ve-LO shi-KKATS a-NUT a-NI ve-lo-his-TTI-R pa-NAIV mi-MME-NNU

   for he did not despise and not he abhorred the affliction of the afflicted one and he did not hide his face from him
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֤י לֹֽא־בָזָ֨ה וְלֹ֣א שִׁקַּ֔ץ עֲנ֖וּת עָנִ֣י וְלֹֽא־הִסְתִּ֬יר פָּנָ֣יו מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וּבְשַׁוְּעֲת֖וֹ אֵלָ֥יו שָׁמֵֽעַ׃

   KI lo-VA-ZA ve-LO shi-KKATS a-NUT a-NI ve-lo-his-TTI-R pa-NAIV mi-MME-NNU u-ve-sha-VVE-a-TO e-LAV sha-ME-a

   for he did not despise and not he abhorred the affliction of the afflicted one and he did not hide his face from him and in his crying for help to him he heard

Exegesis

The verse employs an asyndetic sequence of three perfect-tense verbs lo-baza {לֹא־בָּזָה | lō-bā-zāh}, ve-lo-shiqets {וְלֹא־שִׁקַּץ | wə-lō-šiqqēṣ}, and ve-lo-histir {וְלֹא־הִסְתִּיר | wə-lō-his-tîr} linked by vav-conjunctions to underline divine nonrejection. Bazah “despise” and shiqets “abhor” form synonymous parallelism intensifying refusal to reject the sufferer, while histir “hide” shifts to physical imagery of averting the face.