Psalms 106:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus they changed their glory into the similitude 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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Referenced Verses

Jer 2:11 : 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet 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 uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Exod 20:4-5 : 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or 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 to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Ps 89:17 : 17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted {H8799)}{H8675)}{H8686)}.
Isa 40:18-25 : 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. 21 Have ye not known? have ye 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 upon 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 the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. 25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

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