Psalms 106:39 Go deeper

Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. (KJV)

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וַיִּטְמְא֥וּvai.yit.me.'Uand they became unclean

Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A

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

Meaning: to defile

Used 162 times. Also: Genesis 34:5, Genesis 34:13, Genesis 34:27, Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2930A; TAHOT Psalms 106:39 word 1

בְמַעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑םve.ma.'a.sei.Hemby works their

Lemma: מַעֲשֶׂה (ma.a.seh) · Strong's: H4639K

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

Meaning: deed

Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 20:9, Genesis 44:15, Leviticus 18:3, Deuteronomy 11:3, 1 Samuel 8:8, 1 Samuel 19:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4639K; TAHOT Psalms 106:39 word 2

וַ֝יִּזְנוּ֗vai.yiZ.nuand they played [the] prostitute

Lemma: זָנָה (za.nah) · Strong's: H2181

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

Meaning: to fornicate

Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 34:31, Genesis 38:15, Genesis 38:24, Exodus 34:15, Exodus 34:16, Leviticus 17:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2181; TAHOT Psalms 106:39 word 3

בְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם\׃be.Ma.'a.lei.Hemby deeds their

Lemma: מַעֲלָל (ma.a.lal) · Strong's: H4611

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

Meaning: deed

Used 39 times. Also: Deuteronomy 28:20, Judges 2:19, 1 Samuel 25:3, Nehemiah 9:35, Psalms 28:4, Psalms 77:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4611; TAHOT Psalms 106:39 word 4

How the BSB renders it

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

They defiled themselves	→	טָמֵא H2930A to defile
by their actions	→	מַעֲשֶׂה H4639K deed
and prostituted themselves	→	זָנָה H2181 to fornicate
by their deeds	→	מַעֲלָל H4611 deed

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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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