Psa 107:27 | NETfull | STEP | They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.

Psalms 107:27

27 They swayed ^{▼▼ Only here does the Hebrew verb חָגַג (khagag; normally meaning “to celebrate”) carry the nuance “to sway.”} and staggered like a drunk,
and all their skill proved ineffective. ^{▼▼ The Hitpael of בָלַע (vala’) occurs only here in the OT. Traditionally the form is derived from the verbal root בלע (“to swallow”), but HALOT 135 s.v. III בלע understands a homonym here with the meaning “to be confused.”}