Psalms
Psalm 78:10
10They failed to keep God’s covenant
and refused to live by His law.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| They failed | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| to keep | שָׁ֭מְרוּ | šā·mə·rû | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H8104 keep, watch, preserve |
| God’s | אֱלֹהִ֑ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| covenant | בְּרִ֣ית | bə·rîṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H1285 covenant |
| and refused | מֵאֲנ֥וּ | mê·’ă·nū | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | H3985 refuse |
| to live | לָלֶֽכֶת׃ | lā·le·ḵeṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1980 go, come, walk |
| by His law | וּ֝בְתוֹרָת֗וֹ | ū·ḇə·ṯō·w·rā·ṯōw | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H8451 direction, instruction, law |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 31:20 · Judges 2:10–12 · Deuteronomy 31:16 · Nehemiah 9:26–29 · Jeremiah 31:32 · 2 Kings 17:14–15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.