Psalms 78:57 Go deeper

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. (KJV)

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וַיִּסֹּ֣גוּvai.yi.So.guand they turned back

Lemma: סוּג (sug) · Strong's: H5472

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVNw3mp)

Meaning: to turn

Used 14 times. Also: Psalms 35:4, Psalms 40:14, Psalms 44:18, Psalms 53:3, Psalms 70:2, Psalms 80:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5472; TAHOT Psalms 78:57 word 1

וַֽ֭יִּבְגְּדוּVai.yiv.ge.duand they acted treacherously

Lemma: בָּגַד (ba.gad) · Strong's: H0898

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

Meaning: to act treacherously

Used 49 times. Also: Exodus 21:8, Judges 9:23, 1 Samuel 14:33, Job 6:15, Psalms 25:3, Psalms 59:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0898; TAHOT Psalms 78:57 word 2

כַּאֲבוֹתָ֑םka.'a.vo.Tamlike ancestors their

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Psalms 78:57 word 3

נֶ֝הְפְּכ֗וּneh.pe.Khuthey changed

Lemma: הָפַךְ (ha.phakh) · Strong's: H2015

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)

Meaning: to overturn

Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:25, Genesis 19:29, Exodus 7:15, Exodus 7:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2015; TAHOT Psalms 78:57 word 4

כְּקֶ֣שֶׁתke.Ke.shetlike a bow of

Lemma: קֶ֫שֶׁת (qe.shet) · Strong's: H7198

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: bow

Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:14, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7198; TAHOT Psalms 78:57 word 5

רְמִיָּֽה\׃re.mi.Yahdeceit

Lemma: רְמִיָּה (re.miy.yah) · Strong's: H7423A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: deceit

Used 10 times. Also: Job 13:7, Job 27:4, Psalms 32:2, Psalms 52:2, Psalms 101:7, Psalms 120:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7423A; TAHOT Psalms 78:57 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

They turned back	→	סוּג H5472 to turn
and were faithless	→	בָּגַד H0898 to act treacherously
like their fathers	→	אָב H0001G father
twisted	→	הָפַךְ H2015 to overturn
like a faulty	→	רְמִיָּה H7423A deceit
bow	→	קֶ֫שֶׁת H7198 bow

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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