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do notאַלhardenתַּקְשׁוּyour heartלְבַבְכֶםas at Meribah,כִּמְרִיבָהas on the dayכְּיוֹםof Massahמַסָּהin the wilderness,בַּמִּדְבָּר
Psalms 95:8
Study it in the app“do not harden your heart as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah in the wilderness,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 95:8, word by word
- hardenתַּקְשׁוּtakshu
harden
To make the heart unyielding.
Where else “takshu” appears- your heartלְבַבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- as at Meribahמְרִיבָהmeriva
Meribah
"Quarrel": the place where the people complained against God.
Where else “meriva” appears- as on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of Massahמַסָּהmasa
Massah
Desert place where Israel put God to the test.
Where else “masa” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
Translation note
“Meribah” (“dispute”) and “Massah” (“test”): the place where Israel put YHWH to the test (Exodus 17:1-7).
The context
7For he is our Elohim, and we the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice,
8 · This verse (above)
9when your fathers put me to the test; they examined me, though they had seen my work.