Psalms 106:36 Go deeper

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. (KJV)

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וַיַּעַבְד֥וּvai.ya.'av.Duand they served

Lemma: עָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5647H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to serve: minister

Used 157 times. Also: Exodus 3:12, Exodus 4:23, Exodus 7:16, Exodus 8:1, Exodus 8:20, Exodus 9:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5647H; TAHOT Psalms 106:36 word 1

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Psalms 106:36 word 2

עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑ם'a.tza.bei.Hemidols their

Lemma: עָצָב (a.tsav) · Strong's: H6091

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: idol

Used 17 times. Also: 1 Samuel 31:9, 2 Samuel 5:21, 1 Chronicles 10:9, 2 Chronicles 24:18, Psalms 106:38, Psalms 115:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6091; TAHOT Psalms 106:36 word 3

וַיִּהְי֖וּvai.yih.Yuand they became

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Psalms 106:36 word 4

לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ\׃le.mo.Kesh<into> a snare

Lemma: מוֹקֵשׁ (mo.qesh) · Strong's: H4170

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: snare

Used 27 times. Also: Exodus 10:7, Exodus 23:33, Exodus 34:12, Deuteronomy 7:16, Joshua 23:13, Judges 2:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4170; TAHOT Psalms 106:36 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

They worshiped	→	עָבַד H5647H to serve: minister
their idols	→	עָצָב H6091 idol
which became	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
. . .	→
a snare to them	→	מוֹקֵשׁ H4170 snare

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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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