Template:Confuse
Confounded confused and ashamed
Confound as a verb can mean "cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations" or "mix up (something) with something else so that the individual elements become difficult to distinguish."
In the King James Dictionary it is defined as:
- 1. To mingle and blend different things, so that their forms or natures cannot be disinguished; to mix in a mass or crowd, so that individuals cannot be distinguished.
- 2. To throw into disorder.
- 3. To mix or blend, so as to occasion a mistake of one thing for another.
- 4. To perplex; to disturb the apprehension by indistinctness of ideas or words.
- 5. To abash; to throw the mind into disorder; to cast down; to make ashamed.
- 6. To perplex with terror; to terrify; to dismay; to astonish; to throw into consternation; to stupify with amazement.:
- 7. To destroy; to overthrow.
The word confuse in the same dictionary is defined:
- 1. To mix or blend things, so that they cannot be distinguished.
- 2. To disorder; as, a sudden alarm confused the troops; a careless bookkeeper has confused the accounts.
- 3. To perplex; to render indistinct; as, the clamor confused his ideas.
- 4. To throw the mind into disorder; to cast down or abash; to cause to blush; to agitate by surprise, or shame; to disconcert.
We can also see the word ashamed defined:
- 1. Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt or a conviction of some criminal action or indecorous conduct, or by the exposure of some gross errors or misconduct, which the person is conscious must be wrong, and which tends to impair his honor or reputation. It is followed by of.
- 2. Confused by a consciousness of guilt or of inferiority; by the mortification of pride; by failure or disappointment.
As an adjective ashamed would always follow a noun but there are many different Hebrew words translated as forms of confused, confounded, and ashamed in the Old Testament. Many of them have to do with doing something shameful which leads to more confusion.
In Psalms 35:4 "Let them be confounded[1] and put to shame[2] that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion[3] that devise my hurt."
Here the word chapher[3] is translate confusion but in other verses it also is translated confounded and ashamed and even reproach. In this verse there is the word buwsh[1] which is commonly translated ashamed but also shame 9 times and even confusion. In this same verse we the phrase "let...put to shame using the word kalam[2]. So all these words can include ideas like confounded, shamed and confused.
Some of these same words are repeated in Psalms 35:26 "Let them be ashamed[1] and brought to confusion[chapher][3] together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me." Here we see a new word dishonour from a new Hebrew word këlimmah[4] that is related to Kalam[2].
Psalms 40:14 Let them be ashamed[1] and confounded[chapher][3] together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
Psalms 70:2 Let them be ashamed[1] and confounded[chapher][3] that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
Psalms 71:24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded[1], for they are brought unto shame[chapher][3], that seek my hurt.
Psalms 83:17 Let them be confounded[1] and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame[chapher][3], and perish:
Proverbs 13:5 A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame[chapher][3].
Proverbs 19:26 He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach[chapher][3].
Isaiah 1:29 For they shall be ashamed[1] of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded[chapher][3] for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Isaiah 24:23 Then the moon shall be confounded[chapher][3], and the sun ashamed[1], when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Isaiah 33:9 The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed[chapher][3] [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits].
"Bashan and Carmel" are also mentioned in other verses in scripture concerning fruit and being fed.[5]
Isaiah 54:4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed[1]: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame[chapher][3]: for thou shalt forget the shame[6] of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Jeremiah 15:9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while [it was] yet day: she hath been ashamed[1] and confounded[chapher][3]: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:12 Your mother shall be sore confounded[1]; she that bare you shall be ashamed[chapher][3]: behold, the hindermost of the nations [shall be] a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Micah 3:7 Then shall the seers be ashamed[buwsh][1], and the diviners confounded[chapher][3]: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for [there is] no answer of God.
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 0954 ^שׁוב^ buwsh \@boosh\@ a primitive root BeitVavShin; v; AV-ashamed 72, confounded 21, shame 9, all 2 (inf. for emphasis), confusion 1, delayed 1, dry 1, long 1, shamed 1; 109
- 1) to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to feel shame
- 1a2) to be ashamed, disconcerted, disappointed (by reason of)
- 1b) (Piel) to delay (in shame)
- 1c) (Hiphil)
- 1c1) to put to shame
- 1c2) to act shamefully
- 1c3) to be ashamed
- 1d) (Hithpolel) to be ashamed before one another
- 1a) (Qal)
- ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
- ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
- ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
- 1) to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 03637 כָּלַם kalam [kaw-lawm’] KafLamedMem a primitive root; v; [BDB-483b] [{See TWOT on 987 }] AV-ashamed 12, confounded 11, shame 7, blush 3, hurt 2, reproach 2, confusion 1; 38
- 1) to insult, shame, humiliate, blush, be ashamed, be put to shame, be reproached, be put to confusion, be humiliated
- 1a) (Niphal)
- 1a1) to be humiliated, be ashamed
- 1a2) to be put to shame, be dishonoured, be confounded
- 1b) (Hiphil)
- 1b1) to put to shame, insult, humiliate, cause shame to
- 1b2) to exhibit shame
- 1c) (Hophal)
- 1c1) to be insulted, be humiliated
- 1c2) to be put to shame, be dishonoured, be confounded
- 1a) (Niphal)
- כ ך Kaf K Crown: To Actualize Potential power from spiritual to physical realm [to cover, strength] (Numeric value: 20)
- ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- 1) to insult, shame, humiliate, blush, be ashamed, be put to shame, be reproached, be put to confusion, be humiliated
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 02659 חָפְר chapher [khaw-fare’] ChetPeiReish a primitive root [perhaps rath, the same as 02658 through the idea of detection or digging for something]; v; [BDB-344a] [{See TWOT on 715 }] AV-confounded 6, ashamed 4, shame 4, confusion 2, reproach 1; 17
- 1) to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed
- 1a) (Qal) to be ashamed, be abashed
- 1b) (Hiphil) to display shame, demonstrate shame, cause embarrassment
- ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
- פ ף Pei Communication: The Oral Torah The mouth, blow, edge. [Mouth speak open word] (Numeric value: 80)
- ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
- 1) to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed
- ↑ 03639 כּלִמָּה këlimmah [kel-im-maw’] KafLamedMemHey from 03637; n f; [BDB-484a] [{See TWOT on 987 @@ "987a" }] AV-shame 20, confusion 6, dishonour 3, reproach 1; 30
- 1) disgrace, reproach, shame, confusion, dishonour, insult, ignominy
- 1a) insult, reproach
- 1b) reproach, ignominy
- 1) disgrace, reproach, shame, confusion, dishonour, insult, ignominy
- ↑ Jeremiah 50:19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. Micah 7:14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily [in] the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed [in] Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. Nahum 1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
- ↑ 01322 בּשֶׁת bosheth [bo’-sheth] BeitShinTav from 0954BeitVavShin; n f; [BDB-102a] [{See TWOT on 222 @@ "222b" }]
AV-shame 20, confusion 7, ashamed 1, greatly 1, shameful thing 1; 30
- 1) shame
- 1a) shame
- 1b) shameful thing
- ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
- ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
- ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
- 1) shame