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And they joined themselvesוַיִּצָּמְדוּto Baal-peor,לְבַעַל פְּעוֹרand ateוַיֹּאכְלוּsacrificesזִבְחֵיof the dead.מֵתִים
Psalms 106:28
Study it in the app“And they joined themselves to Baal-peor, and ate sacrifices of the dead.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 106:28, word by word
- And they joined themselvesיִּצָּמְדוּyitsamdu
join
Cling to, be bound; give oneself to a false god.
Where else “yitsamdu” appears- to Baal-peorבַעַלvaal
Baal-peor
Baal-peor: the god Baal as the Moabites worshiped him on Mount Peor. The name means "lord of Peor."
Where else “vaal” appears- and ateיֹּאכְלוּyochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appears- sacrificesזִבְחֵיzivche
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zivche” appears- of the deadמֵתִיםmetim
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metim” appears
Translation note
“Sacrifices of the dead”: the Hebrew does not make clear whether they are sacrifices offered to the dead or to gods that have no life. The event is told in Numbers 25.
The context
27and to make their offspring fall among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
28 · This verse (above)
29And they provoked him to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.