Psalms

Psalm 78:40–43

⁴⁰How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness

and grieved Him in the desert!

⁴¹Again and again they tested God

and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

⁴²They did not remember His power^f —

the day He redeemed them from the adversary,

⁴³when He performed His signs in Egypt

and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.

Footnotes

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
How often	כַּ֭מָּה	kam·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
they disobeyed Him	יַמְר֣וּהוּ	yam·rū·hū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular	H4784 be contentious, refractory, rebellious
in the wilderness	בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר	ḇam·miḏ·bār	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
and grieved Him	יַ֝עֲצִיב֗וּהוּ	ya·‘ă·ṣî·ḇū·hū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular	H6087 hurt, pain, grieve
in the desert	בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן׃	bî·šî·mō·wn	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H3452 waste, wilderness

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Again and again	וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּ	way·yā·šū·ḇū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7725 turn back, return
they tested	וַיְנַסּ֣וּ	way·nas·sū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5254 test, try
God	אֵ֑ל	’êl	Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
and provoked	הִתְווּ׃	hiṯ·wū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H8428 pain, wound
the Holy	וּקְד֖וֹשׁ	ū·qə·ḏō·wōš	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular construct	H6918 sacred, holy
One of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They did not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
remember	זָכְר֥וּ	zā·ḵə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2142 remember
His power	יָד֑וֹ	yā·ḏōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3027 hand
the day	י֝֗וֹם	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
He redeemed them	פָּדָ֥ם	pā·ḏām	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H6299 ransom
from	מִנִּי־	min·nî-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the adversary	צָֽר׃	ṣār	Noun - masculine singular	H6862 narrow, tight

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
when	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
He performed	שָׂ֣ם	śām	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
His signs	אֹֽתוֹתָ֑יו	’ō·ṯō·w·ṯāw	Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular	H226 sign
in Egypt	בְּ֭מִצְרַיִם	bə·miṣ·ra·yim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
and His wonders	וּ֝מוֹפְתָ֗יו	ū·mō·wp̄·ṯāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4159 wonder, sign, portent
in the fields	בִּשְׂדֵה־	biś·ḏêh-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7704 id.
of Zoan	צֹֽעַן׃	ṣō·‘an	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6814 Tanis