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Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: (KJV)
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אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Psalms 95:8 word 1
תַּקְשׁ֣וּtak.Shuyou harden
Lemma: קָשָׁה (qa.shah) · Strong's: H7185
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhi2mp)
Meaning: to harden
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 35:16, Genesis 35:17, Genesis 49:7, Exodus 7:3, Exodus 13:15, Deuteronomy 1:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7185; TAHOT Psalms 95:8 word 2
לְ֭בַבְכֶםLe.vav.khemheart your
Lemma: לֵבָב (le.vav) · Strong's: H3824
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 252 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 31:26, Exodus 14:5, Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 26:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3824; TAHOT Psalms 95:8 word 3
כִּמְרִיבָ֑הkim.ri.Vahlike Meribah
Lemma: מְרִיבָה (me.ri.vah) · Strong's: H4809G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Meribah
Used 3 times. Also: Exodus 17:7, Deuteronomy 33:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4809G; TAHOT Psalms 95:8 word 4
כְּי֥וֹםke.Yomlike [the] day of
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Psalms 95:8 word 5
מַ֝סָּ֗הma.SahMassah
Lemma: מַסָּה (mas.sah) · Strong's: H4532
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Massah
Used 5 times. Also: Exodus 17:7, Deuteronomy 6:16, Deuteronomy 9:22, Deuteronomy 33:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4532; TAHOT Psalms 95:8 word 6
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר\׃ba.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 95:8 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| harden | → | קָשָׁה H7185 to harden |
| your hearts | → | לֵבָב H3824 heart |
| as you did at Meribah | → | מְרִיבָה H4809G Meribah |
| in the day | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| at Massah | → | מַסָּה H4532 Massah |
| in the wilderness | → | מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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