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Psalms 78:56 Interlinear

“Yet they tempted and provoked God the most high not his testimonies and kept”

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Psalms 78 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְנַסּ֣וּ	H5254	Yet they tempted	to test; by implication, to attempt
2	וַ֭יַּמְרוּ	H4784	and provoked	to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)
3	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4	אֱלֹהִ֣ים	H430	God	gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
5	עֶלְי֑וֹן	H5945	the most high	an elevation, i.e., (adjectively) lofty (comparatively); as title, the supreme
6	וְ֝עֵדוֹתָ֗יו	H5713	not his testimonies	testimony
7	לֹ֣א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
8	שָׁמָֽרוּ׃	H8104	and kept	properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc

Psalms 78:56 (current)Yet they tempted and provoked God the most high not his testimonies and kept