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And they turned backוַיִּסֹּגוּand dealt treacherouslyוַיִּבְגְּדוּlike their fathers;כַּאֲבוֹתָםthey were twistedנֶהְפְּכוּlike a bowכְּקֶשֶׁתof deceit.רְמִיָּה
Psalms 78:57
Study it in the app“And they turned back and dealt treacherously like their fathers; they were twisted like a bow of deceit.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 78:57, word by word
- And they turned backיִּסֹּגוּyisogu
turn back, draw back
To turn back, to draw back: to turn away from a path or from someone.
Where else “yisogu” appears- and dealt treacherouslyיִּבְגְּדוּyivgdu
act treacherously
Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.
Where else “yivgdu” appears- like their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- they were twistedנֶהְפְּכוּnehpchu
turn
To turn one's body or course the other way.
Where else “nehpchu” appears- like a bowקֶשֶׁתkeshet
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “keshet” appears- of deceitרְמִיָּהremiya
deceit
False words or acts that make someone believe what is not so.
Where else “remiya” appears
Translation note
“Bow of deceit”: a slack or twisted bow, which fails when it shoots.
The context
56But they put him to the test and rebelled against Elohim Elyon, and his testimonies they did not keep.
57 · This verse (above)
58And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and with their carved images they made him jealous.