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They provoked him to jealousyיַקְנִאֻהוּwith strangeבְּזָרִיםgods; with abominationsבְּתוֹעֵבֹתthey provoked him to anger.יַכְעִיסֻהוּ
Deuteronomy 32:16
Study it in the app“They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 32:16, word by word
- They provoked him to jealousyיַקְנִאֻyakniu
provoke to jealousy
To make someone full of jealousy by giving oneself to another.
Where else “yakniu” appears- with strangeזָרִיםzarim
foreign
Something alien, not belonging: other gods, unauthorized fire.
Where else “zarim” appears- gods; with abominationsתוֹעֵבֹתtoevot
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toevot” appears- they provoked him to angerיַכְעִיסֻyachisu
provoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “yachisu” appears
The context
15And Jeshurun grew fat and kicked —you grew fat, you grew thick, you were covered with fat— and he forsook Eloah who made him and dishonored the Rock of his salvation.
16 · This verse (above)
17They sacrificed to demons, who are not Eloah, to gods they had not known, new ones who came from nearby, whom your fathers did not dread.