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And they spokeוַיְדַבְּרוּagainst Elohim;בֵּאלֹהִיםthey said,אָמְרוּ“CanהֲיוּכַלElאֵלprepareלַעֲרֹךְa tableשֻׁלְחָןin the wilderness?בַּמִּדְבָּר
Psalms 78:19
Study it in the app“And they spoke against Elohim; they said, “Can El prepare a table in the wilderness?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:19, word by word
- And they spokeיְדַבְּרוּyedabru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedabru” appears- against Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- they saidאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- “Canיוּכַלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears- Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- prepareעֲרֹךְaroch
arrange
To set things in a row and in order, like bread on the table.
Where else “aroch” appears- a tableשֻׁלְחָןshulchan
table
A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.
Where else “shulchan” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
The context
18And they put El to the test in their heart by asking food for their appetite.
19 · This verse (above)
20Look, he struck the rock and waters flowed, and streams overflowed; can he also give bread, or provide meat for his people?”