Psalms

Psalm 106:14–15

¹⁴They craved intensely in the wilderness

and tested God in the desert.

¹⁵So He granted their request,

but sent a wasting disease upon them.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They craved	וַיִּתְאַוּ֣וּ	way·yiṯ·’aw·wū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H183 incline, desire
intensely	תַ֭אֲוָה	ṯa·’ă·wāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8378 desire
in the wilderness	בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר	bam·miḏ·bār	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
and tested	וַיְנַסּוּ־	way·nas·sū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5254 test, try
God	אֵ֝֗ל	’êl	Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
in the desert	בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן׃	bî·šî·mō·wn	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H3452 waste, wilderness

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So He granted	וַיִּתֵּ֣ן	way·yit·tên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
their request	שֶׁאֱלָתָ֑ם	še·’ĕ·lā·ṯām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H7596 request, thing asked for
but sent	וַיְשַׁלַּ֖ח	way·šal·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
a wasting disease	רָז֣וֹן	rā·zō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H7332 leanness, wasting, scantness
upon them	בְּנַפְשָֽׁם׃	bə·nap̄·šām	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 106:14 1 Corinthians 10:9 · Exodus 17:2 · 1 Corinthians 10:6 · Numbers 11:4 · Hebrews 3:8–10

Psalm 106:15 Numbers 11:31–34 · Isaiah 10:16 · Psalm 78:29–31

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.