Psalms 78:40 Go deeper

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! (KJV)

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כַּ֭מָּהKa.mahhow often!

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Psalms 78:40 word 1

יַמְר֣וּהוּyam.Ru.huthey rebelled against him

Lemma: מָרָה (ma.rah) · Strong's: H4784

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

Meaning: to rebel

Used 45 times. Also: Numbers 20:10, Numbers 20:24, Numbers 27:14, Deuteronomy 1:26, Deuteronomy 1:43, Deuteronomy 9:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4784; TAHOT Psalms 78:40 word 2

בַמִּדְבָּ֑רva.mid.Barin the wilderness

Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B

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

Meaning: wilderness

Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT Psalms 78:40 word 3

יַ֝עֲצִיב֗וּהוּya.'a.tzi.Vu.huthey grieved him

Lemma: עָצַב (a.tsav) · Strong's: H6087A

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

Meaning: to hurt

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 6:6, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 45:5, 1 Samuel 20:3, 1 Samuel 20:34, 2 Samuel 19:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6087A; TAHOT Psalms 78:40 word 4

בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן\׃Bi.shi.Monin a desolate place

Lemma: יְשִׁימוֹן (ye.shi.mon) · Strong's: H3452H

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

Meaning: wilderness

Used 9 times. Also: Numbers 21:20, Numbers 23:28, Deuteronomy 32:10, Psalms 68:7, Psalms 106:14, Psalms 107:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3452H; TAHOT Psalms 78:40 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

How often	→	מָה H4100 what?
they disobeyed Him	→	מָרָה H4784 to rebel
in the wilderness	→	מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness
and grieved Him	→	עָצַב H6087A to hurt
in the desert	→	יְשִׁימוֹן H3452H wilderness

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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