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And he consumedוַיְכַלin vaporבַּהֶבֶלtheir days,יְמֵיהֶםand their yearsוּשְׁנוֹתָםin sudden terror.בַּבֶּהָלָה
Psalms 78:33
Study it in the app“And he consumed in vapor their days, and their years in sudden terror.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:33, word by word
- And he consumedיְכַלyechal
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “yechal” appears- in vaporהֶבֶלhevel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevel” appears- their daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- and their yearsשְׁנוֹתָshenota
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenota” appears- in sudden terrorבֶּהָלָהbehala
sudden terror
Sudden terror, dismay.
Where else “behala” appears
The context
32In spite of all this they still sinned, and did not believe in his wonders.
33 · This verse (above)
34When he killed them, they sought him, and they returned and eagerly sought El.