King James Version
Psalms 78:29 in the King James Version says “So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;”
Psalms 78:29 · KJV
He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: feathered: Heb. fowl of wing
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. smote: Heb. made to bow Chosen: or, young men
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“and were well”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
“them their own desire”
H8378a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
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