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They Divide My Garments: Syntax of Humiliation and Prophetic Foreshadowing in Psalm 22:19
יְחַלְּק֣וּ בְגָדַ֣י לָהֶ֑ם וְעַל־לְבוּשִׁ֗י יַפִּ֥ילוּ גֹורָֽל׃
(Psalm 22:19)
They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
Lament and the Poetics of Degradation
Psalm 22 is a profound expression of suffering and divine distance, often described as a “passion psalm.” Verse 19 (18 in most English Bibles) presents a vivid and symbolic scene of social degradation and loss of dignity:
The verse uses poetic parallelism and action-oriented verbs to convey humiliation and abandonment. In later theological tradition, it has also been understood as a prophetic foreshadowing of the crucifixion of Yeshuʿ (Jesus), whose garments were divided by Roman soldiers (cf.… Learn Hebrew
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