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whenאֲשֶׁרyour fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםput me to the test;נִסּוּנִיthey examined me,בְּחָנוּנִיthoughגַּםthey had seenרָאוּmy work.פָעֳלִי
Psalms 95:9
Study it in the app“when your fathers put me to the test; they examined me, though they had seen my work.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 95:9, word by word
- your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- put me to the testנִסּוּnisu
test
To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.
Where else “nisu” appears- they examined meבְּחָנוּbechanu
test, examine
Test, examine to find out whether something is true or genuine, as metal is tested.
Where else “bechanu” appears- they had seenרָאוּrau
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appears- my workפָעֳלִfaoli
deed
What someone does; what God accomplishes.
Where else “faoli” appears
The context
8do not harden your heart as at Meribah, as on the day of Massah in the wilderness,
9 · This verse (above)
10For forty years I felt loathing for a generation, and I said, “A people who go astray in heart are they, and they have not known my ways.”