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And he gaveוַיִּתֵּןthemלָהֶםwhat they asked,שֶׁאֱלָתָםbut sentוַיְשַׁלַּחleannessרָזוֹןinto their soul.בְּנַפְשָׁם
Psalms 106:15
Study it in the app“And he gave them what they asked, but sent leanness into their soul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 106:15, word by word
- And he gaveיִּתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- what they askedשֶׁאֱלָתָsheelata
request
Request: what one asks of another.
Where else “sheelata” appears- but sentיְשַׁלַּחyeshalach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yeshalach” appears- leannessרָזוֹןrazon
leanness
Losing one's flesh, wasting away.
Where else “razon” appears- into their soulנַפְשָׁnafsha
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsha” appears
Translation note
“Leanness”: an illness that consumes the person.
The context
14And they had a great craving in the wilderness, and put El to the test in the desert.
15 · This verse (above)
16And they were jealous of Moses in the camp, of Aaron, the holy one of YHWH.