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They did notלֹאkeepשָׁמְרוּthe covenantבְּרִיתof Elohim,אֱלֹהִיםand in his instructionוּבְתוֹרָתוֹthey refusedמֵאֲנוּto walk.לָלֶכֶת
Psalms 78:10
Study it in the app“They did not keep the covenant of Elohim, and in his instruction they refused to walk.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:10, word by word
- keepשָׁמְרוּshamru
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamru” appears- the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and in his instructionתוֹרָתtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- they refusedמֵאֲנוּmeanu
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meanu” appears- to walkלֶכֶתlechet
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appears
The context
9The sons of Ephraim, armed shooters of the bow, turned back on the day of battle.
10 · This verse (above)
11And they forgot his deeds, and his wonders that he had shown them.