H1604 H1604
loathing, disgust, revulsion
This harsh word appears in Ezekiel's allegory of abandoned Jerusalem as a despised infant. The phrase 'in loathing of your life' describes Jerusalem cast out at birth, unwanted and rejected. The term captures visceral disgust—not mere indifference but active revulsion. Ezekiel uses this shocking image to emphasize the depth of Jerusalem's original abjection, making God's subsequent adoption and care all the more stunning by contrast.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ezekiel 16:5 employs this term in the birth narrative: the infant Jerusalem was cast into an open field 'in loathing of your life'—meaning no one wanted her, everyone was repulsed by her existence. The word's emotional intensity conveys utter rejection and disgust. The multilingual evidence (Spanish 'aborrecimiento', French 'indignation') captures this sense of active revulsion rather than passive abandonment. The image makes God's rescue and love radical—choosing what everyone else despised. 1×
AR["بِـ-كَرَاهِيَةِ"]·ben["ঘৃণায়"]·DE["[בגעל]"]·EN["in-loathing-of"]·FR["indignation"]·heb["ב-גועל"]·HI["में-घृणा"]·ID["dengan-kebencian"]·IT["[בגעל]"]·jav["kanthi-jijik"]·KO["역겨움으로-"]·PT["com-náusea-de-"]·RU["в-отвращении-"]·ES["con-aborrecimiento-de"]·SW["kwa-kuchukiwa"]·TR["tiksintisiyle"]·urd["نفرت-سے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גֹּ֫עַל n.m. loathing, בְּגֹעַל נַפְשֵׁךְ Ez 16:5.