Psalms

Psalm 95:8–11

⁸do not harden your hearts

as you did at Meribah,^a

in the day at Massah in the wilderness,^b

⁹where your fathers tested and tried Me,

though they had seen My work.

¹⁰For forty years I was angry with that generation,

and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray,^c

and they have not known My ways.”

¹¹So I swore on oath in My anger,

“They shall never enter My rest.”^d

Footnotes

a 95:8 LXX as you did in the rebellion; Meribah means quarreling; see Exodus 17:7|EXO 17:7; cited in Hebrews 3:15 and Hebrews 4:7.
b 95:8 LXX in the day of testing in the wilderness; Massah means testing; see Exodus 17:7|EXO 17:7.
c 95:10 LXX They always go astray in the heart
d 95:11 Cited in Hebrews 3:7–11|HEB 3:7-11, Hebrews 4:3, and Hebrews 4:5

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
do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
harden	תַּקְשׁ֣וּ	taq·šū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H7185 be hard, severe, fierce
your hearts	לְ֭בַבְכֶם	lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart
as you did at Meribah	כִּמְרִיבָ֑ה	kim·rî·ḇāh	Preposition-k; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4809 Meribah
in the day	כְּי֥וֹם	kə·yō·wm	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
at Massah	מַ֝סָּ֗ה	mas·sāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4532 Massah
in the wilderness	בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃	bam·miḏ·bār	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
where	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
your fathers	אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם	’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1 father
tested	נִ֭סּוּנִי	nis·sū·nî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H5254 test, try
and tried Me	בְּ֝חָנ֗וּנִי	bə·ḥā·nū·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H974 examine, try
though	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
they had seen	רָא֥וּ	rā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7200 see
My work	פָעֳלִֽי׃	p̄ā·‘o·lî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6467 doing, deed, work

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For forty	אַרְבָּ֘עִ֤ים	’ar·bā·‘îm	Number - common plural	H705 forty
years	שָׁנָ֨ה׀	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
I was angry	אָ֘ק֤וּט	’ā·qūṭ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H6962 feel a loathing
with that generation	בְּד֗וֹר	bə·ḏō·wr	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H1755 period, generation, dwelling
and I said	וָאֹמַ֗ר	wā·’ō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
They	הֵ֑ם	hêm	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
are a people	עַ֤ם	‘am	Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
whose hearts	לֵבָ֣ב	lê·ḇāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart
go astray	תֹּעֵ֣י	tō·‘ê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H8582 err
and they	וְ֝הֵ֗ם	wə·hêm	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
have not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
known	יָדְע֥וּ	yā·ḏə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know
My ways	דְרָכָֽי׃	ḏə·rā·ḵāy	Noun - common plural construct; first person common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
I swore on oath	נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי	niš·ba‘·tî	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7650 swear
in My anger	בְאַפִּ֑י	ḇə·’ap·pî	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H639 nostril, nose, face, anger
They shall never	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
enter	יְ֝בֹא֗וּן	yə·ḇō·’ūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H935 come in, come, go in, go
My rest	מְנוּחָתִֽי׃	mə·nū·ḥā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H4496 resting-place, rest