King James Version
Psalms 106:26 in the King James Version says “Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: to overthrow: Heb. to make them fall” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 106 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: to overthrow: Heb. to make them fall”
Psalms 106:26 · KJV
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: the pleasant: Heb. a land of desire
But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: to overthrow: Heb. to make them fall
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. to overthrow: Heb. to make them fall
They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Therefore he lifted up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“his hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“against them to overthrow”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“them in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
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