H8409 H8409
hostility, contention — conflict or opposition, particularly divine discipline
This noun denotes contention, strife, or hostility. Psalm 39:10 (English v. 11) reads 'through the hostility of your hand I am consumed.' The word suggests active opposition or conflict. Here it describes God's disciplinary action—his 'hand' bringing corrective judgment. The psalmist recognizes that suffering comes not from impersonal fate but from God's purposeful, if painful, correction. The noun captures the adversarial dimension of divine discipline.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The construct noun in Psalm 39:10 means 'hostility of your hand,' describing God's corrective discipline as adversarial action. Related to Aramaic words for strife or contention, it emphasizes the conflict-like nature of divine chastening. The phrase personalizes judgment—it's not merely suffering but God's hand in opposition. Multilingual glosses vary (Spanish 'golpe/blow,' French 'querelle/quarrel'), reflecting the term's semantic range. 1×
AR["مِن-هُجومِ"]·ben["-আক্রমণ-থেকে"]·DE["von-hostility-von"]·EN["from-hostility-of"]·FR["de-querelle"]·heb["מ-תגרת"]·HI["से-प्रहार"]·IT["[מתגרת]"]·jav["saking-gegaman"]·KO["-침-으로"]·PT["pelo-combate-de"]·RU["от-удара"]·ES["por-golpe-de"]·SW["kutoka-kugusa-kwa"]·TR["-darbesınden"]·urd["ضرب-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
† [תִּגְרָה] n.f. contention, strife, hostility (cf. Aramaic תִּגְרָא, often 𝔗; v. Thes; תִּגְרָה NHWB & Fl in ChWBii. 581)—only cstr. sg. מִתִּגְרַת יָֽדְךָ ψ 39:11 from (i.e. through) the hostility of thy hand I am consumed.