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And againוַיָּשׁוּבוּthey putוַיְנַסּוּElאֵלto the test,יְנַסּוּand the Holy Oneוּקְדוֹשׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלthey aggrieved.הִתְווּ
Psalms 78:41
Study it in the app“And again they put El to the test, and the Holy One of Israel they aggrieved.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:41, word by word
- And againיָּשׁוּבוּyashuvu
again
To do something one more time.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- they putיְנַסּוּyenasu
test
To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.
Where else “yenasu” 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- and the Holy Oneקְדוֹשׁkedosh
Holy One
God, the one wholly set apart and pure, God of Israel.
Where else “kedosh” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- they aggrievedהִתְווּhitvu
pain, provoke (?)
A verb found only once whose sense is not certain: to wound, to cause pain or to provoke.
Where else “hitvu” appears
Translation note
The last verb appears only here; its exact sense is not certain (“aggrieve,” “provoke,” or “set a limit”).
The context
40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, grieved him in the wasteland!
41 · This verse (above)
42They did not remember his hand, the day when he ransomed them from the adversary,