This verb expresses intense disgust or loathing, often directed at oneself in retrospective moral horror. In Ezekiel 20:43 and 36:31, the people will 'loathe themselves' when they remember their abominations. In Job 10:1, Job's soul 'loathes' his life. Psalm 95:10 describes God's loathing of a rebellious generation. The verb captures visceral revulsion—not mild distaste but profound nausea or moral disgust. The Niphal form often indicates self-directed loathing, the internal revulsion that comes from recognizing one's own corruption.