Psalms 78:34

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When he slew{H8804)} them, then they sought{H8804)} him: and they returned{H8804)} and enquired early{H8765)} after God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־הֲרָגָ֥ם וּדְרָשׁ֑וּהוּ וְ֝שָׁ֗בוּ וְשִֽׁחֲרוּ־אֵֽל׃

Transliteration

if-hărāgām ûdərāšûhû wə-šābû wə-šiḥărû-ʾēl

Grammar Details

*hărāgām*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - he killed them
*ûdərāšûhû*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and they sought him
*wə-šābû*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine plural - and they returned/repented
*wə-šiḥărû*: conjunction + Piel perfect 3rd masculine plural - and they sought earnestly
*ʾēl*: masculine singular noun - God/deity

Word Meanings

*hărāgām*: killed them/slew them
*dərāšûhû*: sought him/inquired of him/consulted him
*šābû*: returned/repented/turned back
*šiḥărû*: sought early/sought earnestly/diligently sought

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Referenced Verses

Hos 5:15 : 15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Num 21:7 : 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
Judg 3:8-9 : 8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. 9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Judg 3:12-15 : 12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. 13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. 14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
Judg 4:3 : 3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
Judg 10:7-9 : 7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. 8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. 10 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
Isa 26:6 : 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
Jer 22:23 : 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Hos 7:14 : 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

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