Psalms 106:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּמִ֥ירוּ אֶת־כְּבוֹדָ֑ם בְּתַבְנִ֥ית שׁ֝֗וֹר אֹכֵ֥ל עֵֽשֶׂב׃

Transliteration

wayyāmîrū 'et-kəbōdām in-tabnît šōr 'ōkēl 'ēśeb

Grammar Details

*wayyāmîrū*: hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person plural - and they exchanged
*kəbōdām*: noun + 3rd person plural suffix, masculine, singular - their glory
*tabnît*: noun, feminine, singular construct - likeness of
*šōr*: noun, masculine, singular - ox/bull
*'ōkēl*: qal participle, masculine, singular - eating/consumer of
*'ēśeb*: noun, masculine, singular - grass/vegetation

Word Meanings

*wayyāmîrū*: and they exchanged/substituted/changed
*kəbōdām*: their glory/honor/majesty
*tabnît*: likeness/form/pattern/image
*šōr*: ox/bull/bovine
*'ōkēl*: eating/feeding/consuming
*'ēśeb*: grass/vegetation/herbs

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 2:11 : 11 Hath a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Rom 1:22-23 : 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Exod 20:4-5 : 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of any thing] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Ps 89:17 : 17 For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
Isa 40:18-25 : 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The image, a workman hath cast [it], and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth [for it] silver chains. 20 He that is too impoverished for [such] an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved. 21 Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 [ It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; 23 that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24 Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble. 25 To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith the Holy One.

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