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They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods , with abominations provoked they him to anger. (KJV)

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יַקְנִאֻ֖הוּyak.ni.'U.huthey made jealous him

Lemma: קָנָא (qa.na) · Strong's: H7065

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhi3mp)

Meaning: be jealous

Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 26:14, Genesis 30:1, Genesis 37:11, Numbers 5:14, Numbers 5:30, Numbers 11:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7065; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:16 word 1

בְּזָרִ֑יםbe.za.Rimby strange [gods]

Lemma: זוּר (zur) · Strong's: H2114A

Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)

Meaning: be a stranger

Used 76 times. Also: Exodus 29:33, Exodus 30:9, Exodus 30:33, Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 22:10, Leviticus 22:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2114A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:16 word 2

בְּתוֹעֵבֹ֖תbe.to.'e.Votby abominations

Lemma: תּוֹעֵבַה (to.e.vah) · Strong's: H8441

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: abomination

Used 116 times. Also: Genesis 43:32, Genesis 46:34, Exodus 8:26, Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 18:26, Leviticus 18:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8441; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:16 word 3

יַכְעִיסֻֽהוּ\׃yakh.'i.Su.huthey provoked to anger him

Lemma: כָּעַס (ka.as) · Strong's: H3707

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhi3mp)

Meaning: to provoke

Used 53 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:25, Deuteronomy 9:18, Deuteronomy 31:29, Deuteronomy 32:21, Judges 2:12, 1 Samuel 1:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3707; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:16 word 4

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

They provoked His jealousy	→	קָנָא H7065 be jealous
with foreign gods	→	זוּר H2114A be a stranger
they enraged Him	→	כָּעַס H3707 to provoke
with abominations	→	תּוֹעֵבַה H8441 abomination

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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