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And they became uncleanוַיִּטְמְאוּby their works,בְמַעֲשֵׂיהֶםand prostituted themselvesוַיִּזְנוּby their deeds.בְּמַעַלְלֵיהֶם
Psalms 106:39
Study it in the app“And they became unclean by their works, and prostituted themselves by their deeds.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 106:39, word by word
- And they became uncleanיִּטְמְאוּyitmu
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “yitmu” appears- by their worksמַעֲשֵׂיmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- and prostituted themselvesיִּזְנוּyiznu
be unfaithful
To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.
Where else “yiznu” appears- by their deedsמַעַלְלֵיmaalle
deeds, doings
Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.
Where else “maalle” appears
The context
38And they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.
39 · This verse (above)
40And the anger of YHWH burned against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.