Psalms 78:59

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When God heard [this], he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׁמַ֣ע אֱ֭לֹהִים וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֑ר וַיִּמְאַ֥ס מְ֝אֹ֗ד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

šāmaʿ ʾĕlōhîm wə-yiṯʿabbār wə-yimʾas məʾōḏ in yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*šāmaʿ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he heard
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God - masculine plural noun (intensive plural)
*wə-yiṯʿabbār*: Hithpael imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he became furious
*wə-yimʾas*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he rejected/despised
*məʾōḏ*: exceedingly/greatly - adverb of intensity
*b-yiśrāʾēl*: in/against Israel - preposition + proper noun

Word Meanings

*šāmaʿ*: heard/listened/heeded
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings/judges
*wə-yiṯʿabbār*: became furious/was enraged/was deeply angry
*wə-yimʾas*: rejected/despised/disdained/refused

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 106:40 : 40 Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.
Lam 2:7 : 7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary; He hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces: They have made a noise in the house of Jehovah, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
Zech 11:8 : 8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
Gen 18:20-21 : 20 And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Lev 20:23 : 23 And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
Lev 26:44 : 44 And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God;
Deut 32:19 : 19 And Jehovah saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
Ps 11:4 : 4 Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Ps 14:2-5 : 2 Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God. 3 They are all gone aside; They are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one. 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah? 5 There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.

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Ps 78:21
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21Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;
Ps 106:40
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40Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.
Deut 32:19
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19And Jehovah saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
Ps 78:58
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20And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
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7And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
Ps 78:31
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31When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.
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Deut 32:16
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Isa 57:17
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Ps 78:62
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2 Kgs 17:18
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Deut 29:27-28
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Lam 2:3
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Judg 2:14
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Judg 10:7
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Ps 78:38
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