Psalms 78:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore the LORD heard{H8804)} this, and was wroth{H8691)}: so a fire was kindled{H8738)} against Jacob, and anger also came up{H8804)} against Israel;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֤ן ׀ שָׁמַ֥ע יְהוָ֗ה וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֥ר וְ֭אֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָ֣ה בְיַעֲקֹ֑ב וְגַם־אַ֝֗ף עָלָ֥ה בְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

Therefore lāḵēn šāmaʿ YHWH and was wayyitʿabbār and wᵉʾēš niśśᵉqâ in ḇᵉyaʿăqōḇ and also-wᵉḡam-anger ʾap̄ ʿālâ in ḇᵉyiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*lāḵēn*: adverb - therefore/thus
*šāmaʿ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he heard
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
*wayyitʿabbār*: waw consecutive + hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he became angry
*wᵉʾēš*: waw conjunctive + noun, feminine singular - and fire
*niśśᵉqâ*: niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - was kindled
*ḇᵉyaʿăqōḇ*: preposition + proper noun - in Jacob
*wᵉḡam*: waw conjunctive + adverb - and also/even
*ʾap̄*: noun, masculine singular - anger/nose
*ʿālâ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - arose/went up
*ḇᵉyiśrāʾēl*: preposition + proper noun - in Israel

Word Meanings

*lāḵēn*: therefore/thus/for this reason
*šāmaʿ*: heard/listened to/heeded
*wayyitʿabbār*: and he became angry/was furious/raged
*niśśᵉqâ*: was kindled/ignited/set ablaze
*ʾap̄*: anger/wrath/nose
*ʿālâ*: arose/went up/mounted

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Referenced Verses

Num 11:1-3 : 1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
Num 11:10 : 10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Ps 78:31 : 31 The wrath of God came{H8804)} upon them, and slew{H8799)} the fattest of them, and smote down{H8689)} the chosen men of Israel.
1 Cor 10:5 : 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
1 Cor 10:11 : 11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
Jude 1:5 : 5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

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Ps 78:58-59
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58For they provoked him to anger{H8686)} with their high places, and moved him to jealousy{H8686)} with their graven images.
59When God heard{H8804)} this, he was wroth{H8691)}, and greatly abhorred{H8799)} Israel:
Deut 1:34
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34And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
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1And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
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24Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
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20And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
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3He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
Ps 78:31
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31The wrath of God came{H8804)} upon them, and slew{H8799)} the fattest of them, and smote down{H8689)} the chosen men of Israel.
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10And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
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Deut 32:21-22
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21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
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8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
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7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
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7And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
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22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
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18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
Ps 106:40
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40Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
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13And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
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31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
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10Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
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19And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
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21Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
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18For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
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9And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.
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33And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.