Psalms 81:12 Go deeper

So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels. (KJV)

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וָֽ֭אֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּVa.'a.sha.le.che.huand I gave over it

Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971H

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpw1cs)

Meaning: to send: let go

Used 97 times. Also: Genesis 32:26, Genesis 49:21, Exodus 4:21, Exodus 4:23, Exodus 5:1, Exodus 5:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7971H; TAHOT Psalms 81:12 word 1

בִּשְׁרִיר֣וּתbish.ri.Rutin [the] stubbornness of

Lemma: שְׁרִירוּת (she.ri.rut) · Strong's: H8307

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

Meaning: stubbornness

Used 10 times. Also: Deuteronomy 29:19, Jeremiah 3:17, Jeremiah 7:24, Jeremiah 9:14, Jeremiah 11:8, Jeremiah 13:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8307; TAHOT Psalms 81:12 word 2

לִבָּ֑םli.Bamheart their

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Psalms 81:12 word 3

יֵ֝לְכ֗וּye.le.Khuthey walked

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980N

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to go: follow

Used 81 times. Also: Genesis 24:5, Genesis 24:8, Genesis 24:39, Genesis 24:61, Genesis 32:19, Genesis 37:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1980N; TAHOT Psalms 81:12 word 4

בְּֽמוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶֽם\׃Be.mo.'a.tzo.tei.Hemin own schemes their

Lemma: מוֹעֵצָה (mo.e.tsah) · Strong's: H4156

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

Meaning: counsel

Used 7 times. Also: Psalms 5:10, Proverbs 1:31, Proverbs 22:20, Jeremiah 7:24, Hosea 11:6, Micah 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4156; TAHOT Psalms 81:12 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

So I gave them up	→	שָׁלַח H7971H to send: let go
to their stubborn	→	שְׁרִירוּת H8307 stubbornness
hearts	→	לֵב H3820A heart
to follow	→	הָלַךְ H1980N to go: follow
their own devices	→	מוֹעֵצָה H4156 counsel

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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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